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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Administrative Bloat





An excellent discussion of UT's most pressing problem at: http://www.mindingthecampus.com/originals/2014/02/can_we_halt_administrative_blo.html

Note new poll at right.  Bloggie wants to know!

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

Apparently one university in this country has figured it out: Iowa State University has been hiring full-time faculty. Read all about it at:
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2014/02/michigan_universities_increase_funding_iowa_state_hires_more_full_time_faculty.html

Anonymous said...

Does anyone know anything about the special meeting of the Board of Trustees on 2/19? The agenda says there will be an "Executive Session to consider the employment of a public employee"?

Anonymous said...

Unfortunately the problem is not administrative bloat... it is much more serious... it is metastasized administrative cancer, not much hope for UT.

Anonymous said...

soprano on campus
http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2014/02/15/Consultant-exiting-before-contract-s-end.html

Anonymous said...

someone about to get fired?

Anonymous said...

anyone know what occurred at the special Board meeting yesterday? Nothing in the press so far.

Anonymous said...

See the Blade's editorial on UTIE.
http://www.toledoblade.com/Featured-Editorial-Home/2014/02/21/Reboot-UTIE.html

Anonymous said...

Jeff Gold left us quite a legacy at the SIM center. If you haven't toured the place, make sure you check out the fireplaces and marble tiling!

Anonymous said...

From the Blade article: "UT President Lloyd Jacobs, a member of the UTIE board, conceded that he “didn’t see the meltdown of the solar industry coming.”

What concerns me here is that Jacobs is positioning himself as some kind of business expert. In fact, so far as I understand his resume, his only training is in medicine. He was a fair/middling administrator at the Med College. With such experience and training he 'didn't see it coming,' well, gee, why would he? And good thing it wasn't his money. And good thing the BOT apparently doesn't give a hoot about the money he flushes down the toilet on such ventures.

And the fact that Jacobs and others at UT with no experience in start up ventures end up being the ones overseeing such projects is basically a self fulfilling prophecy. Of course their business ventures fall flat - they don't have a clue what their doing, including not a clue regarding who they should hire to be point on such projects.

They are sheep to be fleeced - and they were.

Anonymous said...

Yep. That's just what we need...fireplaces and marble tiling!

Anonymous said...

well the BOT did meet last Wednesday as scheduled in a special executive session and out of public view, but apparently no decision or news as to what was discussed, decided or any outcome for that matter

Anonymous said...

Enrollment decline every semester is not necessary nor should it be accepted. Diminishing Humanities and Liberal Arts offerings in favor of STEM is exactly the opposite of how well run universities operate from a cost/revenue perspective. There should be balance of STEM and Liberal Arts which favors Liberal Arts in order to fund the more costly sciences. Too bad there is no-one in administration who recognizes these realities. To bad so many faculty/administrators bought into the current administration's payoffs.

Posted Initially: February 3, 2014 at 8:50 AM
Requesting a re-post with some way of highlighting?
The lack of attention UT folks pay to this suggestion is just astounding - it is even easier than predicting the future of solor energy investments...

Anonymous said...

what is even more astounding is how the public, students and their parents, and taxpayers are not aware or paying attention to the mismanagement of public funds and finances at this public institution.

Anonymous said...

As long predicted by many, the contract negotiations are a sham. Everyone knows that the tactic is to delay this until after right to work is rammed through after the election. No retroactive raises is not even a serious bargaining point. This is particulary true when considering the proposed increase in healthcare costs and already enacted decreases in take home pay due to changes in retirement contributions. People who are in the alternative retirement plans are getting a worse deal than just having Social Security.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, not even a 'Dear Valued Employee, Coworker, UT partner..." but just like, "Git yo ass to work!"