Through the contract the Board would be assured that the Elliott family would remain a part of the CMSU campus community. We wish the Elliott's well during the year of sabbatical and look forward to their return to campus in the fall of 2000. To answer these forty-one questions requires considerable research and review. If an answer is not provided by the August 20 deadline you imposed, let the record show that review and research is continuing and an answer will be forthcoming when the review and research can be completed. Tenured faculty is a phenomenon with which private organizations do not contend.
Accountability is another feature which is different.
Quarterly earnings are one of the measuring devices of a private organization and the judgment of Management can be swift and severe by the market if a negative surprise occurs. While your question asks for differences, I feel it is important to mention just a few of the similar management characteristics such as communication, fairness, and goal-oriented achievement. If you are further interested in the subject I am sure there are several books written on the subject which could be obtained from the James C. Kirkpatrick Library, at the Harmon College of Business, or at the College of Education. With the exception of four years when I was a student at the University of Missouri at Columbia, I have been involved with the CMSU campus every year since 1949. First as a student at the College High Laboratory School, then as a civic supporter, a donor, guest lecturer, advisory board member, ad hoc committee member, and for many years managed a customer relationship with the University.