Faculty Empowerment
During my years as a university president, I often wondered at the chasm that seemed to separate faculty from the administration. I had served on the faculty prior to being…
Month: March 2018
Why Universities Can’t Be Governed Top Down
Why did it bother me so much–during my time as a university president–when a parent or booster would assume I had dictatorial powers? I mean, I was the president, right?…
Shared Governance for Our Colleges and Universities
During my time as a university president at the University of Montevallo (4 years) and then at McNeese State University (7 years), I often spoke with members of the Faculty…
Who’s Running Our Colleges and Universities?
That’s the title of my new book, which you can find here: amazon.com/author/williamsphilip What inspired me to write it? During my fifteen years as a university administrator–the last eleven as a…
Instant Runoffs: Drawing More of Us into the Electoral Process
Imagine an election with three candidates. And–so as not to offend anyone–let’s say the main issue in this year’s campaign is the type of desserts the new president will serve…