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Few Trustees Challenge Their President or Push Major Changes, Study Finds

Chronicle of Higher Education

December 15, 2011

There is unsurprising consensus among college trustees that declining resources are a serious and immediate problem for higher education, but most board members are disinclined to challenge the assumptions of their presidents or to advocate for radical changes in campus operations, a new study finds.

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