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Although the collegial tradition is composed of a range of variables at its very core is the idea of a community of self-governing scholars. While collegial institutions may lack financial resources (brotherhoods of poor scholars) or may not be devoted to the pursuit of learning (committed to saving souls rather than expanding knowledge), the essence of their collegial identity is the ability to determine their own fates, that they are self-governing institutions. The historical evidence demonstrates both the longevity of this idea and its perpetual internal tensions.
In his college meetings a don enjoyed the delectable illusion of being an architect or a farmer weighing the advantages of a dual-purpose shorthorn herd, bred for both milk and meat, over a herd bred by a cross of Aberdeen Angus on blue grey. He could develop a nose for the balance of a portfolio or of a young claret.
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Tapper, T., Palfreyman, D. (2011). Governance: A Community of Self-Governing Scholars?. In: Oxford, the Collegiate University. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0047-5_7
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