A conflict of cultures: governance at liberal arts colleges.(Cover Story) From: Change | Date: January 1, 2004| Author: Shinn, Larry D. | COPYRIGHT 2004 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The way private liberal arts colleges choose to answer the question, "How shall we govern ourselves in the 21st century?" has a great impact on what kinds of institutions that they can and will become. The urgency of this issue is apparent in public criticism, in governance disputes on many college campuses, and in recent publications on governance and the presidency. Criticism of governance is ubiquitous. And not surprisingly, the critics of current governance systems come from al...