The role of democracy in the university: The university and its old members |
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| Authors: | Alan Montefiore |
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| Institution: | (1) Present address: Balliol College, University of Oxford, OX1 3BJ Oxford, UK |
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| Abstract: | In this paper the question of just who constitutes the membership of the university is explored. The paper canvasses the obvious answers: the students, the faculty, or both; the various administrators and staff above a certain level or with special responsibilities; and finally those who have passed through and out of the university doors—its old members. If to be a member is to have rights and obligations, then what if any are the obligations of the old members? This turns out to be a complex question. The analysis in the paper suggests that old members should be a third concern in our time for the universities and the pursuance of such a concern may offer many genuinely democratic supports for the university. The practical problem of how to extend the university's embrance to include its old members remains. |
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| Keywords: | adminissions college consultation culture democracy fund-raising identity independence membership university |
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