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McMahon, Eleanor M. – Connection: New England's Journal of Higher Education and Economic Development, 1997
The challenge in university governance is to provide sufficient autonomy to sustain academic vitality while ensuring that this energy is directed toward the broad public interest. Maine and New Jersey, two very different states, have been experimenting with structural changes, primarily decentralization, to balance autonomy with accountability.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Decentralization, Governance
