Between 1979-1982, the US Ambassador to Honduras, Jack Binns, who was appointed by Jimmy Carter, began to report human rights violations and continued to do so during the Reagan administration. These reports included the kidnapping, torture, rape, and assassination of a group of nuns in El Salvador in 1980, a couple months after Monsignor Oscar Romero was assassinated (Borgen, 2005). During this time period, Juan Almendares was the president or rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). The University Council, the highest governing body at the time, was composed of university administrators (rector, directors, and deans), professors, and students, all of whom had decision-making power. Thus, a radical form of shared governance, which was a result of past student movements, still formed part of the democratic life at UNAH. Shared governance, let me clarify, differs from the hierarchical and delegated governance model described by an article published by the Chronicle of Higher Education:
The Coloniality of University Governance
The Coloniality of University Governance
The Coloniality of University Governance
Between 1979-1982, the US Ambassador to Honduras, Jack Binns, who was appointed by Jimmy Carter, began to report human rights violations and continued to do so during the Reagan administration. These reports included the kidnapping, torture, rape, and assassination of a group of nuns in El Salvador in 1980, a couple months after Monsignor Oscar Romero was assassinated (Borgen, 2005). During this time period, Juan Almendares was the president or rector of the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH). The University Council, the highest governing body at the time, was composed of university administrators (rector, directors, and deans), professors, and students, all of whom had decision-making power. Thus, a radical form of shared governance, which was a result of past student movements, still formed part of the democratic life at UNAH. Shared governance, let me clarify, differs from the hierarchical and delegated governance model described by an article published by the Chronicle of Higher Education: