Herbst Stepping Down

[CAHUSKY]

I will forever cherish the moments after the 2014 championship when Susan had just enough wine to take a picture with us equally trashed students. is #ThanksSusan still a thing?

Was that at the Hyatt bar after the game? She walked by us during the party and I drunkenly and loudly said to my buddy “ she looks hot”. I was embarrassed when she turned around and looked tool see who the Neanderthal was.

 

[Excalibur]

Professor @ UConn-Stamford

I have to guess that this would be a temporary gig . . .

 

[CL82]

I don't really care what JMick says about it. I just think the school, state and region need Mansfield to become more of an employment center, with the corresponding growth in housing and support businesses.

I don't live in CT so my opinion doesn't count for much, but I do think that this was one of Gov. Malloy's strong points. He understood that UConn could be a engine for diversifying the Connecticut job base and ponied up to try and jump start that.

 

[CL82]

Was that at the Hyatt bar after the game? She walked by us during the party and I drunkenly and loudly said to my buddy “ she looks hot”. I was embarrassed when she turned around and looked tool see who the Neanderthal was.

... and then what happened.

 

[8893]

I have to guess that this would be a temporary gig . . .

My guess, too.

 

[8893]

... and then what happened.

It did read a bit like the beginning of a "Forum" article, didn't it?

 

[CL82]

We need an insider to flesh this out a bit. What prompted this? Salary negotiations? Legislature support? Burn out?

 

[CL82]

It did read a bit like the beginning of a "Forum" article, didn't it?

"I never thought this would happen to me but..."

 

[Guapo]

We need an insider to flesh this out a bit. What prompted this? Salary negotiations? Legislature support? Burn out?

Probably all of the above.

 

[8893]

This doesn't make me feel very sanguine that our conference situation will be changing anytime soon.

 

[CL82]

This doesn't make me feel very sanguine that our conference situation will be changing anytime soon.

...and someone finally points out the elephant in the room.

Agreed.

 

[jimva]

Hard to read the article and not have an appreciation for how much the University has grown under her leadership

 

[Guapo]

This doesn't make me feel very sanguine that our conference situation will be changing anytime soon.

I'm not confident our conference is changing anytime soon, but I also don't think this had anything to do with that.

 

[JMick]

This doesn't make me feel very sanguine that our conference situation will be changing anytime soon.

With our luck something big will happen while the position is transitioning

 

[SubbaBub]

This is not good news. The biggest hit from CR and the recession was a lack of stability. This doesn't help that. The U was on a clear upward trend academically and as a brand (non-sports division). It's barely scratched the surface of its potential as an economic driver. It would be nice if the next Gov/legislature/President kept it going though I am not optimistic.

As for Mansfield, it was never the University's place to dictate terms. It was the State Legislatures. They could easily solve the problem by granting the University zone equivalent municipals status. Mansfield would just then be an annoying neighbor.

It's what big time land grant universities do.

 

[Excalibur]

Hard to read the article and not have an appreciation for how much the University has grown under her leadership

This is the reality, but so is whaler's point about the spigot running dry. There is no room for an aggressive growth strategy given the current financial situation at the state, and she knows it.

 

[whaler11]

The going is about to get tough so the fraud is getting going. This is a great day. I love when frauds out themselves.

Maybe they can find someone who can lead without focusing on a gravy train for useless administrators.

 

[Guapo]

This is not good news. The biggest hit from CR and the recession was a lack of stability. This doesn't help that. The U was on a clear upward trend academically and as a brand (non-sports division). It's barely scratched the surface of its potential as an economic driver. It would be nice if the next Gov/legislature/President kept it going though I am not optimistic.

As for Mansfield, it was never the University's place to dictate terms. It was the State Legislatures. They could easily solve the problem by granting the University zone equivalent municipals status. Mansfield would just then be an annoying neighbor.

It's what big time land grant universities do.

I agree with everything you say here but, to be fair, I still think the academic brand is on an upward tragectory.

There needs to be an even greater effort to fully unleash it's potential.

 

[Guapo]

The going is about to get tough so the fraud is getting going. This is a great day. I love when frauds out themselves.

Maybe they can find someone who can lead without focusing on a gravy train for useless administrators.

Would you say Herbst's tenure was generally good for UConn or bad for UConn?

 

[Robertelamin]

I think she did a great job. I hope we can find someone who is close to as capable as she was. That said, someone who will take on the town of Mansfield can help with what comes next. Storrs has to grow. Period.

I think I agree with you. At least she put herself out there and pushed the brand. I couldn’t tell you who the president was when I was there but the only time I heard about him was because of mold in his house.

 

[8893]

Maybe they can find someone who can lead without focusing on a gravy train for useless administrators.

When is your interview?

 

[The Funster]

She's done a fantastic job.

 

[JMick]

Would you say Herbst's tenure was generally good for UConn or bad for UConn?

Student quality of life took a nose dive under her tenure. I think she was generally ok for the UConn brand but her communications team was awful and she had plenty of media blunders that could have been handled better

 

[8893]

 

[B1GEast]

Not that I think WTIC had anything to do with her leaving, I just think they will be the Flagship radio for Uconn.

I think this opens the door for them, just my two cents.

I wish Susan well.

 

[whaler11]

Would you say Herbst's tenure was generally good for UConn or bad for UConn?

She did a bunch of stuff that looks good on paper but is not sustainable in the long term.

Essenially she spent a ton of money, inproved the rankings, enriched a bunch of useless adminstrators and then walked out the door when the chickens were going to come home to roost.

A bunch of people here will actually use this in the future as a plus for her. When there is no money and the inevitiable slide begins they will say: OMG look how much we miss her - missing the fact that she created the dynamic and then left us holding the bag.

Oh and she ran the athletic department into the ground. Which I’m told doesn’t matter... which is odd being a sports message board.

 

[HuskyHawk]

The going is about to get tough so the fraud is getting going. This is a great day. I love when frauds out themselves.

Maybe they can find someone who can lead without focusing on a gravy train for useless administrators.

Find me a public university in the USA and I can find you many useless administrators. Every public High School too. And just as many useless professors teaching useless subjects. UConn isn't unusual in that regard.

 

[Guapo]

Student quality of life took a nose dive under her tenure. I think she was generally ok for the UConn brand but her communications team was awful and she had plenty of media blunders that could have been handled better

The quality of life while on campus took a nose dive, but I'd say their quality of life post graduation has improved.

 

[4UConn]

She's leaving the right way, plenty of notice and promises of a smooth transition. Speculating on her announcement, my bet is she wants to drive growth at another, maybe private, university. Fighting to maintain adequate levels of UConn funding in a rapidly declining state isn't of interest to her. Certainly understandable.

 

[Guapo]

She did a bunch of stuff that looks good on paper but is not sustainable in the long term.

Essenially she spent a ton of money, inproved the rankings, enriched a bunch of useless adminstrators and then walked out the door when we the chickens were going to come home to roost.

A bunch of people will here will actually use this in the future as a plus for her. When there is no money and the inevitiable slide begins they will say: OMG look how much we miss her - missing the fact that she created the dynamic and then left us holding the bag.

Oh and she ran the athletic department into the ground. Which I’m told doesn’t matter... which is odd being a sports message board.

I guess we'll find out.

She obviously did some shady things, but I think a lot of the improvements are much deeper than just paper.