May-June 2005

May-June 2005

Volume 91, Number 3

Contents

Features

What Makes Shared Governance Work?: An Australian Perspective
By Jan Currie
The contemporary adoption of managerialism in higher education is often at odds with historical methods of governance.

A University Senate for All
By Gary Engstrand
Changes in the work of professional staff influence who participates in campus governance.

Sunshine Laws in Higher Education
By James C. Hearn and Michael K. Mclendon
Open-meetings.and records laws create a potentially profound influence on higher education that requires the sustained attention of faculty.

Auburn University: A Case Study in the Need for Sunshine
By Larry G. Gerber
Boards of trustees should be consistently mindful of both the letter and the spirit of open-meeting laws.

Faculty Governance at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
By James T. Minor
Research on shared governance at HBCUs requires an awareness of the unique cultural and contextual elements of minority-serving institutions.

Capitalism, Academic Style, and Shared Governance
By Gary Rhoades
The influence of capitalism on the academy calls for a more inclusive notion of shared governance.

When Divorce is Not an Option: The Board and the Faculty
By William G. Tierney
An alliance between the board and the faculty is necessary to meet new challenges in higher education.

Letters to the Editor

Active Learning
Deborah Thorne, Glenn Ward, Dan Segrist, Tevian Dray

Classroom Culture
Lowry Pei, Anthony Friedmann, David Lee Rubin

Intelligent Design
Francis J. Beckwith, Walter Bradley

Reality Television
Anne D. Jordan

AAUP at Work

Nota Bene

Columns

Dad and David Horowitz
By Roger W. Bowen

Book Reviews

I Am Charlotte Simmons
Reviewed by Julia Colyar

Elsewhere on the Web