...discussed in earlier numbers of these Reports and at considerable length in the Report for 1909-10. The present government of American universities and...recognized that the status of the professors is in practice a good deal better than could be claimed as a matter of mere legal right. In the first place,...

...of power and exercise supreme control while the professors are legally in the position of employes of the corporation. In the best institutions, however,...claimed as a matter of mere legal right. ... In the best American universities all educational matters have been either formally or by tacit consent delegated...

...the following plan, presented in President Schurman's official report for 1911-12: The Cornell Plan "The present government of American universities and...while the professors are legally in the position of employes of the corporation. In the best institutions, however, it should be explicitly recognized...

...the 1912 Annual Report, Cornell University, President Schurman (now Ambassador to Germany) stated: "The present government of American universities and...legally in the position of employees of the corporation. "Compare the American professors with the scholars and scientists of Oxford and Cambridge. They are...

...American universities and colleges IB altogether anomalous. The president and trustees hold the reins and power and exercise supreme control, while the professors...In the position of employees of the Corporation." Outlines a plan for faculty representation on the Board. "The President recommends that the foregoing...

...1912 to the trustees of Cornell University he says: "The present government of American universities is altogether anomalous. The president and trustees...legally in the position of employees of the corporation. . . . What the American professor wants is the same status, the same authority, the same participation...

...government of American universities and colleges is altogether anomalous," he wrote in his report for 1912. "The President and Trustees hold the reins of power...in the position of employees of the corporation." This state of affairs is resented by the professors. Of course, he pursued, custom has given them tenure...