A Blueprint for University Governance
This is an Enron moment for university governance. In a Blueprint for University Governance (which we recently posted to SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4661313) we highlight the deficits of university governance and the need for reform. We recognize that universities are different than for-profit corporations. The governance model for corporations should not just be replicated whole-sale onto university […]
Steven Davidoff Solomon is Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law at the UC Berkeley School of Law and David Berger is a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. This post is based on their recent paper.
This is an Enron moment for university governance. In a Blueprint for University Governance (which we recently posted to SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4661313) we highlight the deficits of university governance and the need for reform.
We recognize that universities are different than for-profit corporations. The governance model for corporations should not just be replicated whole-sale onto university boards. Similarly, as with for-profit companies, there is no “one-size fits all” corporate governance model that works for universities.
