CSU Faculty Voice: Why Are They Fleeing?

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Why Are They Fleeing?

So I just read this article in Crain's and it occurred to me, why would a university with a majority female population want to lose female faculty in the sciences and then it struck me, because this Watson picked residual administration has no idea what it's doing or if it does should be sent away immediately for its incompetence. How much is a replacement physicist going to cost or is STEM not important anymore? The negative press here is completely self inflicted by this inept administration. When is this Henderson led farce going to be over?

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EastCoastAngryJul 31, 2016, 1:36:00 PM
Goddamnit!
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Ann KuzdaleJul 31, 2016, 3:11:00 PM
Others at CSU will remember an African American biologist who left a few years after Wayne Watson took the presidency. After serving as chair for a year or so this African American woman, Ph.D. in Biology, had enough of Wayne's leadership and management "style." Of course Watson and his administration could not give a damn that such a role model for our predominantly African American and female students turned her sights elsewhere.
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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.