tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post1557497627978875387..comments2023-08-13T06:56:50.760-07:00Comments on Arts & Sciences College Forum: Public Comments Concerning Presidential Candidate S. Gaber David Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12126067283016390050noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-82570815049664847212015-03-18T12:37:29.668-07:002015-03-18T12:37:29.668-07:00Anonymous of March 18, 2015 at 7:14 AM, I have bee...Anonymous of March 18, 2015 at 7:14 AM, I have been here since 1978. And what you have described is the exact thing that has happened with each president beginning with Horton. Unfortunately, the problem is a public that keeps electing a state house that does not really believe in public education. Until that changes probably nothing here will ever change. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-5865838674376662082015-03-18T07:14:22.963-07:002015-03-18T07:14:22.963-07:00Ready or not, UT is about to have a new president ...Ready or not, UT is about to have a new president take up residence in U. Hall.<br /><br />So does that mean we get new mission, vision and values statements and a new strategic plan?<br /> <br />A new set of vice presidents coming from Fayetteville?<br /><br />Stiffer undergraduate admission policies?<br /><br />A lot more private giving?<br /><br />A presidential Twitter account?<br /><br />Some more eye-popping football helmet designs?<br /><br />Some tony cocktail parties in the seldom-used presidential mansion in Ottawa Hills owed by the UT Foundation?<br /><br />The same tired inertia and tug-of-war from the faculty?<br /><br />A move of the law school to some vacant downtown warehouse that will cost millions to renovate and equip?<br /><br />The next year will indeed be exciting!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-43448103214049129102015-03-17T07:21:07.088-07:002015-03-17T07:21:07.088-07:00It would be better if the garbage-holding corrals ...It would be better if the garbage-holding corrals they built on campus a few years ago got named for Jacobs. I suppose we could all start informally calling them Jacobs huts. "Hey Clyde, would you mind taking these empty pizza boxes out to the Jacobs hut?"Some guynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-78644706809092215572015-03-17T05:48:30.648-07:002015-03-17T05:48:30.648-07:00Lloyd simulation building: for a simulated leader...Lloyd simulation building: for a simulated leader. Someone asked me what I thought of the fact that Lloyd has now become the expensive deadwood that he railed against. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-73373731059045584842015-03-17T04:19:25.035-07:002015-03-17T04:19:25.035-07:00A program and reception formally announcing the na...A program and reception formally announcing the naming of the Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center will be held Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. Jacobs’ presidential portrait also will be unveiled at the event.<br /><br />“These 10 years have been among the best of my entire professional life,” Jacobs said.<br /><br />****I'm glad it was good for you Lloyd. The building is perfect for your name. A big waste of time and money.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-57670308035905253342015-03-16T14:50:14.269-07:002015-03-16T14:50:14.269-07:00I'd like Barrett to remain as provost.
He is ...I'd like Barrett to remain as provost.<br /><br />He is a quick study, enjoys a Harvard Law School pedigree, is willing to work with the faculty, has put together a competent administrative team, and likely has a strong institutional memory having been at UT some 20 years.<br /><br />Also remember that the Provost's Office has started preparations on a mid-cycle continuing accreditation report for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association for Colleges and Schools that will visit the campus in 2016. <br /><br />Continuity in the office will aid that process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-51440906106101937112015-03-16T12:58:04.730-07:002015-03-16T12:58:04.730-07:00The recent Blade editorial read to me as more of a...The recent Blade editorial read to me as more of an attack directed at UT (including many except LJ) and dismissive of the entire search process - perhaps because it did not end with the candidate the Blade wanted. Sure it pointed out the long standing and obvious issues and challenges facing UT and the new President, but they were going to be there regardless of who was selected as the next President. I am not really so sure the editorial is really that helpful moving forward and frankly contains many errors and wrong assumptions about the situation at UT and higher education in Ohio and the country. Certainly does not help set a positive tone for the community including the Blade to work with the new President and engage the University as a key local resource and employer. And no I do not think that those at the former MUO have been greatly harmed by the merger, financially or other wise. Millions of cash from UT reserves were spent there to build a fancy center no one uses, funds that could have improved many other facilities on both campuses. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-38109577298904901762015-03-16T12:55:06.692-07:002015-03-16T12:55:06.692-07:008:48 AM - All state schools in Ohio are technicall...8:48 AM - All state schools in Ohio are technically open-enrollment. It's just that so many have satellite campuses where they send poorly qualified applicants, who then don't count against the main campus in national rankings.<br /><br />Akron has announced that they no longer will be open enrollment, and the state now wants graduates, not just numbers.<br /><br />Take the students with 15-18 ACT scores in YouCollege and tell them to go to Owens for a year. Problem solved.<br /><br />Except that the new president said she believes in open admissions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-6025609764504678332015-03-16T08:48:15.302-07:002015-03-16T08:48:15.302-07:00As an open enrollment university, it is very hard ...As an open enrollment university, it is very hard for UT to advance in any of the various the national rankings that rely heavily on HS GPA, retention and graduation rates when we have to take in so many unprepared DHS students who never complete their degrees. Due to that factor alone BGSU and several other selective enrollment universities in Ohio have a huge ratings advantage over UTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-11924725784585787532015-03-16T06:41:39.636-07:002015-03-16T06:41:39.636-07:00Re March 15, 2015 at 5:13 PM. There are 2600 univ...Re March 15, 2015 at 5:13 PM. There are 2600 universities in the US, more or less. Why should the University of TOLEDO be ranked anywhere near the top 200, much less in the top 200? Because Toledo has a long history of sending students off to universities and Toledo just needs to recruit better locally? grab a bigger pool of the vast number of students that Toledo sends off to universities? Because Toledo should be winning the state recruitment battle? Because Toledo offers so many intellectual and cultural opportunities it should be competing for students state wide and nationally? And UT is just doing a poor job advertising these opportunities? Why, exactly, should UT be ranked much higher than it is? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-46880345499140941262015-03-16T06:33:03.320-07:002015-03-16T06:33:03.320-07:00I suspect that if Barrett is not retained as provo...I suspect that if Barrett is not retained as provost, he will start looking at high-level academic posts at other universities and eventually leave UT.<br /><br />I don't think he has any interest in a return to teaching at a law school that is looking for a new dean and is struggling with enrollment issues.<br /><br />By the way, being president of the UT Faculty Senate is hardly a qualification to be UT's chief academic officer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-42385034321970496092015-03-16T05:48:52.265-07:002015-03-16T05:48:52.265-07:00The Blade's editorial finger-wagging tone was ...The Blade's editorial finger-wagging tone was rich, considering the complicity of its senior staff in so much of what went on during the Jacobs years. I don't mean only Zerbey; JR Block sits in Pittsburgh and still imagines himself a kingmaker. If only his mirror would show him his increasing irrelevancy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-64826470215933525582015-03-16T05:36:02.118-07:002015-03-16T05:36:02.118-07:00Barrett. I like him. But he is no provost. Not ...Barrett. I like him. But he is no provost. Not really. He has no real understanding of undergraduate education. The question is what role do you want the president to play at the university. If you want the president out of the everyday decisions that Jacobs always involved himself in, then leave Barrett. However, if you want the President to do the work of the President, then we need a provost who is not just likable but can do the job of Provost. I suspect Gaber will see that soon enough. She knows what is expected of a Provost and will make a quick decision about the skill set of our current Provost. Not that she needs my suggestions but someone who meets the skill set of a Provost and can run the day to day work of the institution is Nagi. Not that he would accept, but it would give you continuity, faculty support and the necessary skills to do the job of Provost. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-16093861507188023212015-03-15T17:13:05.778-07:002015-03-15T17:13:05.778-07:00Sunday’s editorial in The Blade, “UT Challenges,” ...Sunday’s editorial in The Blade, “UT Challenges,” was a hard statement of truths that should be required reading for new UT President Sharon Gaber, all faculty and staff members, and members of the UT Board of Trustees and of the UT Foundation Board of Trustees.<br /><br />Everybody knows that UT faces big challenges and that the university is now heading into one of its most important periods in recent history. <br /><br />As the editorial noted, there is plenty of room for improvement and many hopes associated with the 2006 merger remain unfulfilled. <br /><br />A tremendous amount of work remains to improve UT’s academic reputation, its national profile, and its ability to attract new dollars as a research institution. <br /><br />The newspaper is absolutely correct when it says that UT needs to embrace and promote greater accountability measures, including a sharper focus on student retention and graduation rates, higher levels of research funding and other indicators of quality. Improving the academic profiles of entering classes as well as student retention and graduation rates has to be the new president’s top academic priority<br /><br />Just as important, it has to be made very clear that UT will no longer be content to limp along in the academic shadows of BGSU, Ohio U. or Miami. UT needs to start vigorously competing with those schools for the most talented students and faculty members. <br /><br />In addition, the new president will need to get up to speed very quickly on the complexities and intricacies of UT’s teaching hospital and health–care delivery system, an area where she doesn’t bring a lot of expertise. Frankly, the trust level between Main and Health Science campuses needs significant improvement.<br /><br />There is absolutely no reason why UT should not be ranked among the nation’s top 200 universities.<br /><br />Dr. Gaber has taken on a daunting task. It’s essential that she succeed.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-2766058575279224672015-03-15T16:43:26.491-07:002015-03-15T16:43:26.491-07:00My take on Barrett is also generally positive. Unl...My take on Barrett is also generally positive. Unlike many of Jacob's cronies, he has been at UT about 20 years, most of that as a faculty member. He was also president of the Faculty Senate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-22162849098764299442015-03-15T14:32:19.958-07:002015-03-15T14:32:19.958-07:00I'm curious what the thoughts are on Barrett? ...I'm curious what the thoughts are on Barrett? The little contact I have had with him has been positive. Would we want a national search, or make him permanent to have a little continuity and institutional memory? Obviously the choice will now be Gaber's.<br /><br />I don't think we need a Stalin-like purge right now. There are some good people in place. Let's build on that, and not destroy everything in the name of change.<br /><br />Having said that, there are a few that need to go, and for the most part they have done a nice job self-identifying.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-44331278937777198842015-03-14T08:35:43.946-07:002015-03-14T08:35:43.946-07:00Welcome President Gaber! Our long nightmare has e...Welcome President Gaber! Our long nightmare has ended! We awake to a new day at the University of Toledo. Rocket Proud once again!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-44317956439415626742015-03-13T14:37:12.473-07:002015-03-13T14:37:12.473-07:00Agree. But it did bother me to see Jacobs at the p...Agree. But it did bother me to see Jacobs at the press conference.<br /><br />I believe she will have a great deal of support from all entities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-29425224831181027472015-03-13T11:37:42.683-07:002015-03-13T11:37:42.683-07:00Who here cares about what former UT administrators...Who here cares about what former UT administrators are doing at their new institutions? Lets focus on the here and now at UT and all support, welcome and work with the new President as she deserves that start and all our willingness to pitch in and help. And not continue to complain and obsess about a past now long gone as she can do nothing to fix or make the past better and not fair of any of us to hold the past against her. We have a chance to move forward lets take the opportunity and not let our anger and frustration with the past drag us all down any longer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-72732095387934585592015-03-13T08:32:15.364-07:002015-03-13T08:32:15.364-07:00"What's in a name?" as the clichéd q...<br />"What's in a name?" as the clichéd question goes.<br /><br />Apparently not much when it comes to the University of Akron.<br /><br />The Zips, under the leadership of our esteemed former Main Campus provost and as part of its strategic planning process now underway, is thinking of changing its name to reflect "its unique strengths in polytechnical and professional fields, along with career-focused applied learning," according to an article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. <br /><br />What insanity to destroy a familiar brand and name that been around many, many years.<br /><br />Would Scarborough been able to pull off a name change for UT had he been named president?<br /><br />Visit http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/03/university_of_akron_may_change.html<br /><br />Any suggestions, folks? It's not a done deal, but I'm sure that Larry is already designing bow ties for his new employer.<br /><br />Akron Polytechnic Institute?<br /><br />Ohio Agricultural and Technical University? On football Saturdays that would be Ohio A&T. <br /><br />Better yet, let's merge Akron, Kent State, Youngstown State and Northeast Ohio Medical University and call it Northeastern Ohio State University. Always the big thinker, Jim Rhodes would love it.<br /><br />Jim Tressel, current Youngstown State president, can be the football coach.<br /><br />And welcome Dr. Gaber. If nothing else, higher education in Ohio is always interesting.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-5689417326360627172015-03-12T16:16:48.496-07:002015-03-12T16:16:48.496-07:00...Gaber, I mean....Gaber, I mean.Optimistic Alumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-85495771796055579382015-03-12T14:08:55.158-07:002015-03-12T14:08:55.158-07:00Welcome President Gaber!Welcome President Gaber!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-13481932766855819032015-03-12T11:53:55.323-07:002015-03-12T11:53:55.323-07:00Looks like it's Graber!
*gets out checkbook a...Looks like it's Graber!<br /><br />*gets out checkbook and blows off all the Jacobs-era dust that accumulated on it*Optimistic Alumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-29489912827737415522015-03-12T10:42:41.753-07:002015-03-12T10:42:41.753-07:00I think the BOT deserves some credit for picking a...I think the BOT deserves some credit for picking an exceptional candidate to be our next President. She has the experience and vision UT needs.<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044792945653054348.post-91748980834850257752015-03-12T09:51:19.936-07:002015-03-12T09:51:19.936-07:00It's Gaber.
If she's as good as I think s...It's Gaber.<br /><br />If she's as good as I think she'll be, we may be lucky to keep her five years. At least she can make a big difference in that time.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com