I don't have tenure or even a contract. Good performance is what wins at the end of the day. Governors are getting into the act directly, as are legislatures. I've noticed accelerated activity. Trustees are being appointed with more of a strong sense of direction.
Governors use trustees as their agents to carry out an agenda.
But there seems to be less resistance on the part of campuses. Koplik believes that it is in the best interest of faculty, within the shared governance framework, to realize that governance extends upward to the Board of Trustees and to the public at large, especially in public institutions. The faculty view too often is only focused at the institution level and ignores the reality of the hierarchy of governance extending ultimately to the people. The faculty would do well to try to understand where the board gets its ideas. The faculty's job should be to help Board members understand the issue from the faculty viewpoint.