In response to Steven Eskow's clear description of the university as a
learning organization, I would ponder the following:
1) diffusion of power and responsibility, as in a university, must also
deffuse some responsibilities. In a university where a faculty member's
life long fate rests with his/her peers within, and more often, outside of
the institution, there seems to be a conflict which leads to a mixed
respnse which does not favor the institution or such responsibility
2) at the post baccalaureate level, many students choose the professor
rather than the institution which seems to lead towards insitutions
seeking to acquire superstars. At the uncergraduate level, the institution
seems to have a "brand" effect which may reflect the faculty to a greater
or lesser degree, creating some interesting issues.
3) Couple 2) with the idea that to some "customers", the degree is the
actual product and the "branding" may or may not play a roll.
thoughts?
tom abeles
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