id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15925 Mitchell, W. Bede Burgan, Mary. What Ever Happened to the Faculty? Drift and Decision in Higher Education. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006. 264p. alk. paper, $38 (ISBN 0801884616). LC 2006-9630. 2008-03-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1211 47 47 According to Burgan, among the big- gest impediments to faculty members re- engaging in productive governance is their exasperation with institutional complexity and their fear of wasting valuable time either addressing insoluble problems or trying to work with administrations that are not committed to collaboration. This should not 188 be interpreted as saying Burgan naively believes major problems will simply melt away when faculty members assert them- selves, but rather she cogently shows why students and the public interest are not well served when the faculty are not actively involved in governance. cache/crl-15925.pdf txt/crl-15925.txt