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Norms and the Work of Colleges and Universities: Introduction to the Special Issue—Norms in Academia
- The Journal of Higher Education
- The Ohio State University Press
- Volume 81, Number 3, May/June 2010
- pp. 243-250
- 10.1353/jhe.0.0097
- Article
- Additional Information
This article provides an introduction to this issue of The Journal of Higher Education. Reasons for the centrality of norms in the work of colleges and universities are advanced. The importance of normative structures to the critical positions of the presidency, the academic deanship, admissions officers, institutional advancement officers as well as for teaching and research is emphasized.