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UConn just named President - good news.Hopefully, she takes a strong leadership position in both academics and athleticsI don't think UConn should be worried about if they can get into BiG 10 or ACC or any other conference at this time. The 5 year goals should be; Academic Excellence,continued strong performance in all men's and women's sports, build a 'watchable football team- against competitive opponents.
#1 agenda item is find a competent University President-What a disaster at the top!
UConn just dumped a pile of cash to leave AAC to join Big East and go Indy in Football
Let's let the dust settle and checks clear before looking at the next move ...
Don't count that she understands the role of excellent athletics found in almost all major public research universities. She is from another country and studied at foreign universities. I wish her well but she needs to realize that environmentally friendly research -- what she spent her life on -- will not alone make UConn a top university.UConn just named President - good news.Hopefully, she takes a strong leadership position in both academics and athletics
As much as I find it annoying a firm was hired to conduct a thorough search only to hire the interim president, I would hope the firm and the board had discussions about athletics and their place in the university prior to agreeing to the hire. That being said I am somewhat underwhelmed in the decision, but hopefully she is strong and stays for a while, the turnstile presidents have gotten old.Don't count that she understands the role of excellent athletics found in almost all major public research universities. She is from another country and studied at foreign universities. I wish her well but she needs to realize that environmentally friendly research -- what she spent her life on -- will not alone make UConn a top university.
I believe he resigned.Wish they had reappointed Tom Katsouleas. He was the No. 2 guy at UVA and was a dean at Duke before Storrs. When UPenn, an Ivy League school, recently selected a president they took the No. 2 person at UVA: “Liz” Magill. What is wrong with us?.
She's been with the university for a dozen years, all 3 of her kids graduated from UConn. She has been present at many sporting events even in her interim role. I think she gets it.Don't count that she understands the role of excellent athletics found in almost all major public research universities. She is from another country and studied at foreign universities. I wish her well but she needs to realize that environmentally friendly research -- what she spent her life on -- will not alone make UConn a top university.
Plus he decided to give away you can only product without consulting the board of trustees ahead of timeI believe he resigned.
Take a look at the search committee that hired. The most influential people on that committee are very pro athletics.Don't count that she understands the role of excellent athletics found in almost all major public research universities. She is from another country and studied at foreign universities. I wish her well but she needs to realize that environmentally friendly research -- what she spent her life on -- will not alone make UConn a top university.
Chin: There are a lot of openings right now for college presidents. So some of the likely choices would have multiple offers, I wish her the best but she will have to prove herself on the job.Not my clowns, not my circus. Her hiring doesn't really directly or indirectly affect me.
In general I would think a state flagship university could hire someone who has been a president at a college or university at some level prior to being president at UConn.
I'll give benefit of the doubt she was the best candidate, but I don't think her hiring speaks highly of the pool of candidates.
They supposedly interviewed 4 candidates that are presidents of current AAU institutions.I'll give benefit of the doubt she was the best candidate, but I don't think her hiring speaks highly of the pool of candidates.
I hope they picked the best candidate. Those are some pretty impressive universities.They supposedly interviewed 4 candidates that are presidents of current AAU institutions.
Without any insider knowledge and looking at the AAU list, I would guess that included the presidents of Stony Brook, UC Santa Cruz, Brandeis, and Boston University. Maybe not UC Santa Cruz, but the other 3 feel pretty reasonable.
Not my clowns, not my circus. Her hiring doesn't really directly or indirectly affect me.
In general I would think a state flagship university could hire someone who has been a president at a college or university at some level prior to being president at UConn.
I'll give benefit of the doubt she was the best candidate, but I don't think her hiring speaks highly of the pool of candidates.
I don't pretend to understand the career dynamics of university administrators but I feel like most are not at their postions very long (<10yrs). They are like FB coaches that way.
Interesting overall read: A fundamental change in hiring college presidents is unfolding
-> We found that the 84 presidents hired in 1975 served from one to 39 years, with an average of 9.1 years; the 138 presidents hired in 2005 served from one to 23 years, with an average of 7.7 years. According to the American Council on Education, presidential tenure was 8.5 years in 2006 and 6.5 years in 2017. While our numbers differ somewhat, the trends are the same. <-
Tenures are becoming less and less…