CSU Faculty Voice: Welcome

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Welcome

Welcome to the 21st Century way for faculty to communicate and express our thoughts to the world. Let's get a couple rules out to start. First, this is not my blog. This is our blog. This space is for us to communicate with each other, hear each other, learn from each other and have our voices heard. Second, I have enabled this blog with AdSense, so that if people click on the ads I will get money that I plan to donate to the Faculty Senate. This is a great way for the Faculty Senate to raise some money as we have no budget. It probably won't be much money but every little bit counts. Third, we have to spread the news that this Blog exists. So let your colleagues here and at other universities know.

So I will get us underway with a posting about the Presidential Search process. Stay tuned!

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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.