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Daily Archives: January 31, 2011
Are scholars capable of leading the corporate university?
The differences between universities and for-profit corporations are continuously being blurred by the evolving, self-imposed or not, professional needs of modern post-secondary institutions. Is it the dawn of an era where professional managers and not scholars will be leading the … Continue reading
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