Susan's salary doesn't appear to be on an AAC level.

[formerlurker]

She's making "major conference" money. As a CT tax payer and UConn alum I expect "major conference" affiliation. Anything less in the next 18-24 months and she either takes a pay cut or she's got to go.
http://blog.ctnews.com/education/2013/05/13/survey-uconn-prez-salary-was-13th-highest-in-2012/

 

[WestHartHusk]

what is the auburn president doing to justify $2.5M?

 

[huskymedic]

Appears on par with Cincy, Houston and UCF once the error on the deferred comp is corrected...

 

[Adios]

The president of Quinnipiac makes $1.2 million. Still not surprising to see someone crying about Herbst's salary.

 

[formerlurker]

The president of Quinnipiac makes $1.2 million. Still not surprising to see someone crying about Herbst's salary.

Quinnipiac's a private University. And in no way did I cry about Susan's salary. I just said she has a limited window to justify it. Our current position with conference affiliation isn't acceptable on an Academic level, let alone an Athletic one.

 

[rich1122]

Quinnipiac's a private University. And in no way did I cry about Susan's salary. I just said she has a limited window to justify it. Our current position with conference affiliation isn't acceptable on an Academic level, let alone an Athletic one.

Yes and we measure the President based on our conference and bowl affiliation. Maybe we should tie it to our won loss record or even better to ESPN year end rankings. That would be even better.

We are doing very well academically. That's all that counts.

 

[geordi]

She's paid to run a UNIVERSITY not a sports league. With what we are doing and what her predecessors accomplished, we can't pay her enough

 

[formerlurker]

She's paid to run a UNIVERSITY not a sports league. With what we are doing and what her predecessors accomplished, we can't pay her enough

I hold my University of Connecticut degree in high regard and I know how valuable a UConn education and campus experience are. I'm also a dedicated UConn Athletics fan and supporter. I couldn't be more proud of our entire athletic program and each team's individual growth and success. But, we all know that Football drives the bus and we're on a downward deep decline in that regard.

Our Football program earned a BCS bowl appearance in 2010 and was recognized nationally as doing "less with more". Ever since, our football team has had two losing seasons and has not qualified for a bowl game. Throw in the national beat down our program just received by the NFL pundits during the recent draft and I can't believe you're not alarmed. The fact that we produce talented football players and fine young men was almost outshined by experts asking how we did so little with so much. When do we hold leadership accountable for under-achievement?

Keep your head buried if you must but the AAC is not going to cut it. Susan either leads us to the AAU academically and a Top 4 conference athletically or she's doing us a disservice. 18-24 months or she needs to go.

 

[BlueDogs]

Her job is to run the whole University with academics at the center. That said, to not understand that national sports success is a critical driver in increasing applicant interest and improving overall academic selectivity is foolhardy. UConn will never be Yale or Harvard. It can be one of the country's top public universities on par with a Northwestern, but that requires the pool of accepted applicants to continually improve. UConn today is orders more selective in admissions than it used to be, and the reason is the sheer numbers of applicants with excellent credentials. It has little to do with anything beyond that fact that UConn successfully placed itself front in center by winning National Championships. Watch the decline if we wallow in a nondescript tier mid-level conference. The lack of national network presence alone will have a major adverse effect. So, Susan ought to be in a full fledged panic, and if she cant get it done get somebody who has the connections, respect and network to get major conference affiliation done. Same goes with Manuel. Both are lightweights and lack the experience and networks to move us where we want to be. We have add our lunch eaten.

 

[noeynox]

Well I'm sure the next guy will walk in and get r done, because well, those are your demands.

 

[uconnfan68]

Her job is to run the whole University with academics at the center. That said, to not understand that national sports success is a critical driver in increasing applicant interest and improving overall academic selectivity is foolhardy. UConn will never be Yale or Harvard. It can be one of the country's top public universities on par with a Northwestern, but that requires the pool of accepted applicants to continually improve. UConn today is orders more selective in admissions than it used to be, and the reason is the sheer numbers of applicants with excellent credentials. It has little to do with anything beyond that fact that UConn successfully placed itself front in center by winning National Championships. Watch the decline if we wallow in a nondescript tier mid-level conference. The lack of national network presence alone will have a major adverse effect. So, Susan ought to be in a full fledged panic, and if she cant get it done get somebody who has the connections, respect and network to get major conference affiliation done. Same goes with Manuel. Both are lightweights and lack the experience and networks to move us where we want to be. We have add our lunch eaten.

Short of importing 10 million people into CT, we will never get into a "power 5" conference, the way the game is rigged now. Not enough cable $. Not the fault of anyone here right now at UConn. If ESPN hadn't destroyed the Big East, we'd be OK.

 

[NJHusky]

750k is not an overly large salary to manage a billion dollar budget

 

[rich1122]

Let's fill our 25,000 seat stadium before we gt ahead of ourselves.

 

[The Viking]

Keep your head buried if you must but the AAC is not going to cut it. Susan either leads us to the AAU academically and a Top 4 conference athletically or she's doing us a disservice. 18-24 months or she needs to go.

If only we lived in a world where she could force us into the AAU and then the B1G.

She's trying like hell to make us appealing to both, so relax. Who knows if it will be successful but it won't be from a lack of effort on her part.

If you could make a list of 10 people responsible for the position we're in now, she'd be 9th or 10th on the list.

 

[EdgewoodNHV]

Our Football program earned a BCS bowl appearance in 2010 and was recognized nationally as doing "less with more".

Actually, we were recognized as the proof that the BCS system didn't work. But whatever Edsall-colored glasses you want to wear and pretend like we were one of the Big Boys, I remember our Dream Season and how we got thrashed by Temple. The line between here and there isn't as large as it looks.

 

[BlueDogs]

Short of importing 10 million people into CT, we will never get into a "power 5" conference, the way the game is rigged now. Not enough cable $. Not the fault of anyone here right now at UConn. If ESPN hadn't destroyed the Big East, we'd be OK.

Interesting point. On paper Hartford/New Haven market is the 29th largest media market in the US so we have the eyes as a market. Whatever the reason, the market must not have the pull through. It should be a very coveted and lucrative market that any power five should want. I think many assess the market ranking as somewhat fictitious because it is diluted by the NY Metro media market. It is comparatively overshadowed by the largest media market. Nonetheless, there is gold in these hills if power conferences get their heads around it. The other aspect is UConn needs to do a much better job marketing, building presence and drawing down state interest.

 

[metsfan2323]

I hold my University of Connecticut degree in high regard and I know how valuable a UConn education and campus experience are. I'm also a dedicated UConn Athletics fan and supporter. I couldn't be more proud of our entire athletic program and each team's individual growth and success. But, we all know that Football drives the bus and we're on a downward deep decline in that regard.

Our Football program earned a BCS bowl appearance in 2010 and was recognized nationally as doing "less with more". Ever since, our football team has had two losing seasons and has not qualified for a bowl game. Throw in the national beat down our program just received by the NFL pundits during the recent draft and I can't believe you're not alarmed. The fact that we produce talented football players and fine young men was almost outshined by experts asking how we did so little with so much. When do we hold leadership accountable for under-achievement?

Keep your head buried if you must but the AAC is not going to cut it. Susan either leads us to the AAU academically and a Top 4 conference athletically or she's doing us a disservice. 18-24 months or she needs to go.

Maybe you should go back to lurking, you are being ridiculous.

 

[ETSA]

Her job is to run the whole University with academics at the center. That said, to not understand that national sports success is a critical driver in increasing applicant interest and improving overall academic selectivity is foolhardy. UConn will never be Yale or Harvard. It can be one of the country's top public universities on par with a Northwestern, but that requires the pool of accepted applicants to continually improve. UConn today is orders more selective in admissions than it used to be, and the reason is the sheer numbers of applicants with excellent credentials. It has little to do with anything beyond that fact that UConn successfully placed itself front in center by winning National Championships. Watch the decline if we wallow in a nondescript tier mid-level conference. The lack of national network presence alone will have a major adverse effect. So, Susan ought to be in a full fledged panic, and if she cant get it done get somebody who has the connections, respect and network to get major conference affiliation done. Same goes with Manuel. Both are lightweights and lack the experience and networks to move us where we want to be. We have add our lunch eaten.

UCONN already ranks highly among public universities. Northwestern is not real good comparison because it is a private university and really very much weighted toward graduate programs. I believe President Herbst can get us to crack into that group of top 15 USN&WR public universities. Say what you will about the USN&WR rankings - but their top 15 is a great bunch of institutions. At that point UCONN will be mentioned in the same breath at Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, PennState, UNC and the California schools. We are already top 25, outranking many B1G and ACC schools.
The National Championships make up one of the most important factors but please don't sell short (not that you do BlueDogs. but so many do) the positive influence on the increased number and quality of applicants of the new academic facilities, dorms/apartments, student union, etc. The last 15 years have seen immense improvements to every category from the new chemistry building (one of the first UCONN 2000 facilities) and the new classroom buildings on Fairfield Way to the new Co-op and athletic facilities. Even the new Storrs Center is beginning to attract folks to UCONN. It wasn't all Calhoun and Auriemma. The Board of Trustees, Messrs. Lodewick, Shenkman, Burton, Ray Neag (the Neag School of Education is the #1 public graduate school of education on the East Coast), several state legislators, even ex-Gov Rowland had a lot to do with the good things going on at UCONN.

 

[Fishy]

What I learned on the Boneyard today:

Our conference affiliation should determine our president's salary.

We need an emoji that makes a whistling sound and then slaps its forehead.

 

[CL82]

Someone is perilously close to making the ignore button list. Idiotic premise + sanctimony + faux outrage is usually is enough for me. We'll see.

 

[junglehusky]

 

[RS9999X]

Herbst has her performance plan and objectives. Endowment? AAU? Academic Ranking? Getting by on less state support each year? The Tech Center and real job development via UConn incubators spread throughout the state? Increasing staff and research dollars in several pre-identified technologies Federal Research dollars? UConn Hospital Balance sheet?

Yes, I think the Athletic Department is on there. It's visible and attracts some deep pocketed donors