UW’s Emmert makes #2 in nation, just behind Ohio State! Gee![...]
Posts Tagged ‘Presidential search’
April 4th, 2011 - 11:35 am § in Schools & Colleges, UW
The Highest-Earning Public College Presidents
BREAKING NEWS: FORMER ALL-AMERICAN HUSKY FOOTBALL LINEMAN NAMED UW PRESIDENT
from Steve Hauschka Text messages received from one of THE-Ave’s UW Regent informants have identified a former All-American Husky football lineman as the new UW President. In a brief interview with THE-Ave, the star athlete and President Designate has requested anonymity until his lawyers obtain[...]
March 31st, 2011 - 11:35 pm § in Politics
Presidential Perks: The President’s New Yacht
Ed. Imagine the Husky Lady in the Montlake Cut on game days! Well, not really for the the new Udub Prexy … but maybe a good idea? How about Paul Allen giving one of his yachts to the new Prexy? Here is a precedent we could follow: by Evgeniya Chaykovskaya Moscow News The boat […][...]
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[...]
March 7th, 2011 - 8:51 pm § in The Ave Scene, UW
One Less Candidate for UW President
Amongst the many rumored Presidents on the UW campus, Gary Locke has been one of the most worrisome. While some of us know him as an able and committed politician, Locke as governor made a number of gaffes .. including his support for the Western Governor’s University. WGU, with its no[...]
March 6th, 2011 - 9:16 pm § in Schools & Colleges
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS: Solve budget crisis = online ed, drop tuition “discounts,” end tenure.
Ed. As the UW Presidential Search continues with little apparent faculty input, this survey of sitting presidents is very disturbing. The bottom line is that these CEOs seem to have no interest in academic quality, whether that means addressing the increasing issue of remedial classwork or the nee[...]
A Response to Politicians in Ohio and Olympia: “We shall meet the enemy, and not only may he be ours, he may be us.”
Ohio Senate Votes to Deny Collective-Bargaining Rights to Most Public-College Professors This time I may be siding with the enemy. An article in the linked issue of the Chronicle reports that the Ohio State Senate is joining Wisconsin in ruling that faculty do not have collective bargaining rights. [...]
UW Not in Top 15 Post Doc Opportunities in the US
The Hutch and ISB did make the list but the UW did not. This list seems to me to be very worrisome. The ratings of postdocs are likely more realistic than ratings from news papers like US News and World Report. I also note that the issue is not just that fellows are choosing places […][...]
Perhaps the experience of losing a war, and perhaps two more, has left the soul of our people and our leaders wondering about the worth of our most valuable strengths.
Ed. This was originally posted on the AAUP listserv. I have left the authors’ identity confidential because of concerns of responses from administration. Our country seems to be fatally wounded. Perhaps the experience of losing a war, and perhaps two more, has left the soul of our people a[...]
March 2nd, 2011 - 8:37 am § in Uncategorized
Other UW to go private?
Ed. This has been coming for some time and may be coming to the UW near you! The issue is not just giving UW (either one) the ability to raise tuition. Privatiziing public ivies will inevitably mean decreasing access to students from our own state(s). See other TA posts on privatization. March[...]