CSU Faculty Voice: The Administration's Latest Effort to Shut Down the Faculty Blog

Friday, January 3, 2014

The Administration's Latest Effort to Shut Down the Faculty Blog

Welcome to a new semester at Chicago State University. As you can see, little has changed.

This is a letter received from the counsel obviously retained by Chicago State to continue the naked attempt to stifle free expression on the faculty blog. You'll note the change in rhetoric to the argument that the faculty blog does not represent the Chicago State faculty "as a whole." Now, the blog's URL seems to be the target. Finally, the charge is no longer being led by the stalwart CSU legal department. There is much more to say, but I will let the reader draw her/his own conclusions about this latest communication. Obviously, the university has considerable time and money to spend on this effort.

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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.