Authority Fragility (Learning)

Definition

One of four dominant learning fragility cycles: learning destabilises decision rights, hierarchies, or governance arrangements. When updating evaluation models threatens tenure, status, and hierarchy, institutions suppress learning to preserve existing authority distributions.

Example

Universities exhibit authority fragility—updating evaluation models threatens existing hierarchies. Symptoms include metric gaming, publication inflation, and suppressed dissent.

Source

ILA-Core Section 6

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