This debate explores the two positions: (1) that experience shows the dangers are overestimated and benefits understated, and (2) that there is still a conflict of interest and student terms are too short to be effective. (Editor/LBH)

Governing boards in the United States and Canada have similar structures and wrestle with similar problems, but representation of faculty, staff, and students is more common on Canadian boards. Canadian institutions face a more difficult economic climate than their United States counterparts but are less preoccupied with forecast demographic…

Five issues affecting faculty in the 1980s are examined in relation to organizational differences within higher education: authority in academic decision making and its influence on government regulation; faculty role within the institution's organizational structure; faculty security in relation to enrollment; career mobility; and faculty and…

Contrasts in the approaches of a Japanese company and the American university to management development provide the basis for a discussion of Theory Z's potential application to faculty affairs. Among the issues discussed are the tenure and promotion system, collegial decision making and responsibility, faculty development and incentives, and…