The scandals surrounding former UW President Mark Emmert began before he came here and were deepened before he left for his real job as NCAA commissioner. The Washington Post calls NCAA President Mark Emmert “the lord of a feudal state that knows its time is over. “ My two cents: Colle[...]
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Mark Emmert welched on $49,000 to UW
So he indebted the Udub $250,000,000,ooo to buy us a stadium, got himself a mega plush job running the NCAA, and the welched on a lousy $50k. Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY (edited) After becoming one of the nation’s highest-paid public school presidents at the University of Washington, Presi[...]
The Ironic Role of Marc Emmert in the Penn State Scandal.
Emmert Says Penn State Child Abuse Scandal, a ‘Cautionary Tale,’ An article by Libby Sander in the Chronicle of Higher Education quotes liberally from UW recent ex-President about the situation at Penn State. “It certainly didn’t help Penn State’s reputation,” Emmert said. “Thi[...]
Presidential Search .. Emmert 2?
From AAUP listserv Let’s not worry about Mark Emmert’s past or current salary, or that of his successor. Instead, consider the full implications of his continually evasive replies vis a via the desirable attributes of the new UW President. One can only hope that the Regents will also[...]
December 11th, 2010 - 3:55 am § in Misc.
UW Senate Reviews Emmert’s Arbitrary Decisions in the Aprikyan Case
News on Aprikyan (see previous entries here): The Senate leadership and the Secretary of the Faculty are seeking advice from the Advisory Committee on Faculty Code and Regulations about the principles upon which the President based his overturning of the faculty Panel’s decision. The plan is for[...]
August 16th, 2010 - 10:45 pm § in UW
Emmert Jumps, Who will pay?
Emmert wants to leave his UW president job a month early University of Washington President Mark Emmert is trying to leave a month early to begin his job as president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, but it could cost him up to $51,666. from the Seattle Times By Katherine Long Seattl[...]
June 15th, 2010 - 12:01 am § in Misc.
Pres. Emmert’s Exit Interview on TVW
If you have not seen it yet, I would encourage you to check out Austin Jenkins’ recent interview of outgoing UW Pres. Mark Emmert. The hour-long interview is available from TVW as a special episode of Inside Olympia: http://www.tvw.org/media/mediaplayer.cfm?evid=2010060065&TYPE=V&CFID=[...]
What is “shared governance?”
Professor: A disturbing story about the influence of the Koch network in higher education This WAPO story is a warning message to all state universities. including our own. The Administration at Arizona Stare University, our sister campus in the PAC 12, has created a “Freedom Center” [...]
December 22nd, 2016 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
The Limits of Academic Freedom
UO Professor Punished for Appearing in Blackface Last October, Professor Nancy Shurtz hosted a Halloween party at her home . She invited faculty as well as all of the students from her Tax Policy and Tax Planning classes. Students were welcome to bring family members, dates, or plus-ones. Peopl[...]
July 11th, 2016 - 1:06 am § in Misc.
Due Process at the University Of Washington
Paul Yager Professor, Bioengineering Dear Colleagues; I and my laboratory members have been talking about nothing but the Katze case for well over 24 hours now. This case is both infuriating and humiliating—perhaps the worst in my 29 years at UW. I think we are angry about two t[...]