Administrator Relationship

An interpretive analysis is presented based on a comparative case study of the relationships between college and university faculty and their presidents in 32 institutions of higher education. Data were collected through interviews during campus visits in 1986-87. The study divided the institutions into six different groups, and looked for patterns of similarities and differences in these groups. Additionally, the study was designed so hat half were new presidents (appointed between 1984 and 1986) and half were experienced presidents (appointed between 1965 and 1981). Data collected from the study showed that 75 % of the newly appointed presidents, and only 25 % of the presidents with longer terms of office, enjoyed strong faculty support. When recently appointed presidents were compared with those who were in office longer, it was shown that failed presidents were those who most frequently los