Does the Study of Powerlessness Tend to Corrupt? It All Depends.

Stimpson, Catharine R.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Does the Study of Powerlessness Tend to Corrupt? It All Depends.

Stimpson, Catharine R.

ADE Bulletin, n109 p2-6 Win 1994

Describes the art of effective English departmental administration in a difficult time of budget constraints, calls for accountability, and intellectual turbulence. Considers the effect on departmental management of sustained scholarly interest in oppositional stances, powerlessness, and marginality. (HB)

Descriptors: College English, Department Heads, English Curriculum, English Departments, Higher Education, Ideology, Instructional Leadership, Politics of Education, Power Structure, Teacher Attitudes

Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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