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A Case Study on Ben Ladner’s Years of Living Lavishly
Spandana Pounzula Venkataratnam
University of the Cumberlands
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Abstract
Power and politics go hand in hand, as illustrated in the case of Ben Ladner’s reign at the
American University. Ben Ladner came with no knowledge or prior experience of management,
his doctorate in Philosophy and religion made him a contender to the stability seeking board of
