What potential conflicts in objectives exist

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The principal-agent problem arises almost everywhere in the business world, and it also crops up even closer to home. Discuss the principal-agent problem that exists in the college classroom. Who is the principal? Who is the agent? What potential conflicts in objectives exist between this principal and this agent?

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