February 25, 2011, 12:27 pm Gov. Dannel P. Malloy of Connecticut, a Democrat, says the state’s public colleges might be spending too much on administration. So he is proposing that the state’s budget staff review all non-faculty hiring at the University of Connecticut and Connecticut State Unive[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Presidential search’
March 1st, 2011 - 8:43 am § in Uncategorized
Conn. Governor Wants to Review Colleges’ Hiring of Administrators
February 18th, 2011 - 7:05 am § in Schools & Colleges
End Tenure at UU
from The Daily Utah Chronicle Rep. Christopher Herrod, R-Provo, introduced a bill Monday that he said would encourage more competition for universities by prohibiting universities f(in Utah) rom giving their professors tenure. …. Universities should be keeping the best professors rather than[...]
February 16th, 2011 - 2:18 am § in Schools & Colleges
How Much to Pay A President?
When and if the regents choose to pay an inordinate salary to the next UW president, I assume that their motivation may be that the new super hero must be able to be respected by the crowd at Palm Springs. That respect is hard to achieve on a professor’s salary. I hope, however, that the [[...]
Candidate for UW Presidency: How does he view WA state Faculty Code?
Duane Storti on the AAUP blog has raised an important point. Unlike some other universities, the UW uses neither individual contracts not a union contract to hire faculty. Instead, we are very lucky to have a Faculty Code, written by our own Faculty Senate and endorsed by the President and Regen[...]
January 26th, 2011 - 10:12 pm § in UW
Tuition-Setting Authority: There’s Work to Do First
from Publicola By Rep. Marko Liias, In 2009, I proudly led the fight on the floor of the State House of Representatives against a proposal to increase tuition at our state colleges by nearly 30 percent. We came within one vote of succeeding and our fight sent a strong message about the political r[...]
January 20th, 2011 - 9:30 am § in America, Schools & Colleges
What would happen if Apple stopped creating new products?
There is a lot of fantasy going on about ways of cutting costs at public universities while somehow compensating with scholarships or creating private endowments for public schools. AINT gonna happen! Here in Washington state, the state part of the cost of higher ed is already down to 30% … [...]
January 4th, 2011 - 12:40 am § in Politics
Robert Gates, of WAstate, cuts Pentagon Budget!
Sec. Gates to Slash Pentagon Budget There goes the untouchable military budget: Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to announce around $100 billion in cuts to Pentagon spending on Thursday. The Defense Department has been under increasing pressure to cut costs in the face of a mounting nation[...]
Robert Gates Named MTV “Man of the Year”
For those not in the know, the UW is looking for new president and Robert Gates has been rumored to be on the list. So .. it is exciting to see that MTV’s college network, mtvU, has crowned Secretary of Defense Robert Gates as its “Man of the Year.” See more at Huff Post.[...]
November 29th, 2010 - 10:25 am § in Uncategorized
To Big to be Known, Protecting Possible UW Presidents
Confidentiality Is Becoming the Norm in Presidential Searches By Dennis M. Barden Mr. Barden is a vice president at Witt/Kieffer, an executive search firm. Witt Keiffer is not the search firm hired by the UW for our search. from the Chronicle of Higher Eduation, November 28, 2010 Mr. Barden writes a[...]
November 22nd, 2010 - 9:13 pm § in Politics
Letter From Regents to AAUP: Misses the Point?
Response to AAUP from Herb Simon, Chair of the Board of Regents. The AAUP had written a letter to the regents expressing concern about the Search and the need to undo damage done by President Emmert to the University’s systems of Governance. (search Aprikyan or search Emmert Coup on this blog)[...]