He sent me the following excerpt. It sounds like a good reason to read the book. Why We're Paying More and Getting Less in Higher Education by Richard M. Huber George Mason University Press Fairfax, Virginia, 1992. The Ironies of the University, pp. Professors are hired as teachers but evaluated as scholars.
University presidents train to be managers by teaching and research.
University presidents and deans enter the academic world to teach and to do research. They must stop doing what they entered the profession to do in order to become presidents and deans. Thus promotion to an acclaimed office may become a descent into professional frustration. University presidents diminish their authority on campus in the degree to which they build a powerful research faculty. As a university gains national recognition in football and basketball, it more than likely is staining its reputation for educational excellence.