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Land-grant university governance: an analysis of board composition and corporate interlocks

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This paper was inspired by the intersection of Tom Lyson’s interest in how power is concentrated in society’s institutions and his concern for the role of the land-grant system in revealing and addressing inequities that occur as a result of such concentration. This study examines the power structure that governs land-grant universities by presenting social and demographic information on 635 trustees at the 50 US land-grant universities established by the Morrill Act of 1862. Along with these data, Fortune 1000 companies with which land-grant universities are connected through board member interlocks are listed and charted out. The research found that land-grant governing boards are characterized by some degree of demographic homogeneity, but they are less corporately interconnected than their private university counterparts. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009

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  • Andrea Woodward, 2009. "Land-grant university governance: an analysis of board composition and corporate interlocks," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 26(1), pages 121-131, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:26:y:2009:i:1:p:121-131
    DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9174-5
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