@inbook {1309538, title = {Socrates, Thoreau and the Status Quo}, booktitle = {The New Balancing Act in the Business of Higher Education }, year = {2006}, publisher = {Clark, R. L., \& D{\textquoteright}Ambrosio, M., Eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. }, organization = {Clark, R. L., \& D{\textquoteright}Ambrosio, M., Eds. Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar. }, abstract = { Universities are structured in a way that makes it almost impossible to deviate from the status quo, and the market gives them little incentive to change. Cathy A. Trower argues for a new model of higher education in which the focus is on inventing the future rather than on maintaining the traditions of the past, tenure decisions are made based on teaching and community involvement as well as research, and shared governance leads to constructive decision-making. }, url = {https://www.elgaronline.com/view/1845427319.00019.xml}, author = {Cathy Trower} }