CSU Faculty Voice: Sorry, No Cover Here for Your Administrative Bullshit

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Sorry, No Cover Here for Your Administrative Bullshit

To underscore my esteemed colleague's recent post, I offer this e-mail exchange:

"Due consideration"? "Communications"? "Feedback"? In dealings with this administration, utterly meaningless. Why not pay us all in one lump sum? Of course, the Provost's Office does not know how to spell my name. Not surprising given the literary quality of the memorandum. Is there no one in the administration capable of writing a coherent sentence in English?

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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.