CSU Faculty Voice: Cronyism continued

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Cronyism continued

Just to add to the audaciousness of the Chicago-way cronyism at play in the CSU administration revealed in the previous post by BIROBI--salaries for these M.A., B.A., and Ed.D administrators tops $90,000--this is also public record.

When Dr Watson's own appointment as CSU president was rammed through by Trustee & political friends (now gone from the Board and the ILL Senate), fear was expressed that CSU would be turned into a community college. Who knew that this would become so literally true?

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R. BennyNov 28, 2011, 8:45:00 AM
While on the subject of cronyism and the qualifications of CSU's administators, check out the linkedin site of CIO Ce Cole Dillon, linkedin.com/in/colewright, and note the degrees leading to her present position: BA History and Sociology at Northwestern (anyone else we know who attended Northwestern?), and a JD from Santa Clara. It seems the only job held for more than two years after law school was in customer service (!). IBHE.org reports a salary of $135,000 for this administrative, self-named "Social Networking Savant."
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Thanks to Haki Madhabuti

"1. He/she must be a scholar of national note, with significant peer review publications and books in his or her field. There must be no doubt as to his/her standing in the community of scholars. This would also include a history of the candidate’s participation in the appropriate professional organizations.

2. He/she must have served with distinction as the administrative head of a major unit within an institution of higher learning or at the important position of Provost and/or Dean. Of course, prior service at the presidential level is preferred.

3. He/she must have a documented history of raising significant monies from the private and public sectors. At most major and research one universities it is not unusual to expect the president to come with a plan to raise in excess of half a billion dollars or more in the first few years.

4. The prospective president must have a consensus buy-in from the faculty, students, administration and staff, therefore, arriving with a unity mandate to lead by joining a University community that has bought into his or her vision for the future."

From an open letter to the CSU Community, 2009.