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Tronto adds that the top-down style of university management conflicts with some of the oldest elements of universities...
Those involved in the current debate about Summers’ leadership echo Tronto’s statement that the top-down governance model is of recent origin...
Professors say there are two main models of university governance—a top-down model in which a university is run much like a corporation, and a more collegial model in which the FAS has a greater leadership role...
Almost four academic years into the era of Summers, what have they come up with? Among the Faculty there seem to be two general objections: first, Summers’ management style. Professors say that he runs Harvard like the Treasury, that is, top-down, not as a kind of first among equals à la former University President Neil L. Rudenstine. Second, there is a strong perception that Summers is secretive...
...most of Harvard’s fashion trends—long scarves, blazers for guys and girls and lady-like cardigans, to name a few—are the result of top-down decisions by national retailers, not local creativity. Both Jasmine Sola and Urban Outfitters rely on frequent shipments of goods purchased by a national or regional buyer; the outfit hanging in Urban’s windows today could be the same outfit hanging in a window in San Diego...