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8/9/2019 Academic Governance and Fiction
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Academic Governanceand Fiction
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Introduction:
Viewing the faculty governance in higher
education through a unique lens- the college
novel. The novel is a useful lense by which
uncover some of the complexities inherent in
faculty decision making and governance.
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The Role of the Novel:ovels may provide unique perspective
about academe by illustrating the relationship
between academe and the general public! and
by contributing a discourse to pursue
additional framework.
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The Role of the Novel:"ow does the general public arrive at an
image of higher education# $ne way is through
reading novels. %iction often reaches a much
larger roles in people&s conceptions of colleges
and universities. "ow accurate is a novel&s
portrayal of reality# ovels provide even a
partial view of reality.
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The DialecticThe use of dialectic in novels is to uncover or more
fully portraying the role of governance in higher
education or mutually dependent exchange of information.The latter definition! in turn! makes an assumption that
the true portrayal of academe lies in the interrelatedness
of these frames! a dialogue between novels and academeis one that us both sensible and revealing. The use of
novels in this manner is the creation of a new lens by
which to conduct a complex analysis.
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Conceptual Framework
was the paradigmof an organi'ation.
$rgani'ations are ultimately created andsustained by conscious and unconscious
processes- people can become imprisoned
in or confined by the images! ideas!
thoughts! and actions to which these
processes give rise. ()organ*
$rgani'ations are a metaphor! or manifestation of a living
organism! with the same conscious and unconscious
processes! images and dysfunction of a person. They
pro+ect their unconscious fears! hopes! and anxieties onto
their members who then internali'e and identify with the
images the organi'ation has created of itself. ,eople within
organi'ation are trapped not only by their individual psychic
prisons! but also by the prison of the collective psyche
created by the organi'ation.
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Three Major Theme inColle!e Novel
. The urriculum/. 0cademic %reedom
1. Tenure
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The Curriculum: urriculum - derives from the 2atin currere
meaning to run3 the course of the race
This implies that one of the functions of a
curriculum is to provide a template or design
which enables learning to take place. (4ikipedia*
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The Curriculum:
)any decisions by faculty are entirely the
result of personal issues with the curriculum
providing the arena by which can be played
out.
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Academic Freedom
Academic freedomis the belief that the freedom
of inquiry by faculty members is essential to the mission
of the academy as well as the principles of academia! and
that scholars should have freedom to teach or
communicate ideas or facts (including those that are
inconvenient to external political groups or to
authorities* without being targeted for repression! +ob
loss! or imprisonment. ()eriam 4ebster dictionary*
0cademic freedom is always protected! and
even held on high regard! so long as it does notpose any real danger to the administration. 6eal
danger include administrative disputes with
governing boards or donors! or conflicts that
threaten the image or reputation of the
institution.
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Tenure:
Tenure is fundamentally valuable to the
academy and is considered a reasonableresponse to the highly speciali'ed nature of
academic work and the long training period.
Tenure lays no claim whatsoever to a
guarantee of lifetime employment. Tenure
provides only that no person! continuously
retained as a full-timed faculty member beyond
a specified lengthy period of probationaryservice! may thereafter be dismissed without
adequate cause.
Tenure is translatable principally as a
statement as a statement of formal assurance
that hereafter the individuals& professional
security and academic freedom will not be
placed in question without full academic dueprocess.
Tenure is a guarantee of life
employment.
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Dicuion$rgani'ations are fundamentally governed by
conscious and unconscious processes! with the notion
that people can actually be imprisoned in or confined
by the images! ideas! thoughts! and actions to which
these processes give rise.()organ*
$rgani'ation does not necessarily exist to
accomplish a tangible! worthwhile task but to give shape
and substance to human existence.
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"#chic "rion and$e%ualit#
)organ (778* explored the ways in which
issues surrounding sexuality can surface withinan organi'ation and influence the ways in which
decisions are made. Two aspects or repressed
sexuality within organi'ations will be discussed3
bureaucracy and repressed sexuality! and
patriarchal dominance.
0ccording to )organ! This conflict between
organi'ation and sexuality should come as no surprise!for mastery and control of the body is fundamental for
control over social and political life. The rise of formal
organi'ation and the routini'ation of the human body.
%aculty actually have a great deal of power within
the bureaucracy! especially that faculty with tenure.
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Dependenc# and DefeneMechanim
9t is important to understand the role that
personal issues and desires play in regard to
decision making (practically or fairness*. )any
decisions involve the interplay of defense
mechanisms and dependency issues within the
psyche.
)oney operates most obviously as metaphor
for prestige! power and positional
strength.
)a+or factor in decision making
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&!ocentrim and Narciim)ost organi'ations fundamentally operate on a
single underlying principle- to reproduce themselves at
any cost ()organ*. )embers of am organi'ations act
consciously and unconsciously in order to protect the
organi'ation.
)organ suggested a theory called autopoiesis! the
ability of organi'ations to renew or replicate themselves.
)organ described narcissistic organi'ations as
interacting with pro+ections of themselves and
suggests that many of the problems with this type oforgani'ations are simply a matter of creating and
maintaining a particular image. arcissistic
organi'ations are in love with a created! ideali'ed image
of themselves. 2ike narcissism in individuals! this is an
extremely destructive and unfulfilling state of mind.
The organi'ation loves itself when it is liberal!
free and spontaneous.
)organ explained that egocentric organi'ationsare those organi'ations that have a fixed notion of
who they are and sustain that identity at any cost.
(:oth are trapped by a vision of themselves*.
;gocentric organi'ations are trapped by arrogance
and not by self-love.
;gocentric decisions made by faculty and
administrations. urriculum and instruction
presumably a primary focus at any school are
routinely ignored and downplayed.
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Concluion
)ost disturbing about the portrayal of faculty&s
role in decision making and governance in the college
novel is the manner in which faculty are depicted.
)organs paradigm of organi'ations as psychic prisons
seems to provide an accurate framework to organi'e
characteri'ations of faculty as represented in college
novels. Their behaviours and attitudes reflect a
symbiotic relationship with academe.
%aculty create images of themselves
within the organi'ations as a copingmechanism! and these images then influence
the organi'ation itself. Thus! higher education
is a microcosm of society but it is one that has
evolved on a separate path.
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