CSU Faculty Voice: A New Look

Saturday, June 9, 2012

A New Look

So loyal readers, your humble narrator brings you greetings and a new look for the uncensored voice of the faculty. As I believe the only constant is change, I thought a new presentation would be appropriate. Be forewarned however that a more pleasing aesthetic will not soften the presentation of the state of affairs of the university. To the contrary and more to follow on that score. Be safe in the knowledge that faculty will continue to discuss, deliberate, debate, dissent and disabuse various and sundry of all manner of ill conceived ideas about the nature of the Academy and bring to our discussion resonant themes and ideas consistent with being a doctoral degree granting institution.

Stay tuned.

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"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.