"Trustees aren’t academics – and they’re often political wolves in sheep’s clothing.... How, we ask, can people be entrusted with running a university when they have no lived experience with or understanding of its core functions and aims?"
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"Boards are accountable to no one—only to themselves, and to some vague set of norms, often unwritten.... Accountability is for faculty, administrators and students.... [S]hould we be surprised if trustees bring the most intense political agendas into the heart of the institutions they oversee?"
"With their powerful connections ... trustees become conduits for politicians and finance-driven values that affect the core life of academic institutions rather than buffers against these forces. The most urgent need today ... is to create a new social contract on boards of trustees...."
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They're there b/c of their fundraising and connections, but have no understanding of the institution they lead.
Just another stepping stone. A medal and awards to impress all their friends.