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Faculty Myths About Trustees

Inside Higher Ed

November 15, 2011

Steven C. Bahls, president, Augustana College, writes: I have sought to bust the most common, and often derogatory, myths held about faculty members; I believe presidents have a responsibility to dispel these damaging legends at every opportunity. I'm rarely asked to talk about the other side of the coin -- the dark myths about board members and administrators. In my many years as a faculty member and now as a president, here are some of the myths I've heard (and sometimes repeated) over the years.

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