CSU Faculty Voice: Add these to your fall reading list...

Friday, October 4, 2013

Add these to your fall reading list...

So I try to stay current with trends and issues in the academy especially those relating to faculty. Two recent books, both of which I am currently reading, have caught my attention. This review of Presidencies Derailed from this week's Inside Higher Ed provides a very good take on failed presidencies. The second book, College (Un)Bound, by Jeffrey J. Selingo is a cautionary tale for higher education institutions which are unwilling to evolve to a new fiscal, technological and socio-political reality. Might CSU be one of those that is actually devolving? More conversation on this to follow.

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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.