Navigating Power in Higher Education and the Dual Faces of Authority
3 min readApr 19, 2024
by Dr. Benjamin M. Drury
People rise to positions of power within higher education, and something happens to them…each is faced with a decision with how they will use it.
Will they use their new power for public gain or personal gain. I have seen both kinds, and I am also beginning to witness an increase in the population of administrators entering the field for the latter.
A few months ago, I was at a new faculty orientation. Part of the programming involved…