When will the music stop?
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Jacobs' arrogance is astonishing
It's the same old, same old at UT
. . . . Either Jacobs is misleading the media or he has misled the Board of Trustees. President Jacobs objected to "the general tone" of the UT-AAUP Newsletter. Many persons on this campus object to the "general tone" of the Jacobs Administration. During his tenure as President, he has introduced an administrative culture of fear and intimidation. . . . A point of logic must be raised here, with all respect to UT AAUP, the conclusions that President Jacobs has (1) misled the media and (2) the Board of Trustees are not mutually exclusive. Both would seem likely given his considerable talent at spinning "visions." |
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In the interest of accuracy, Bloggie notes that here at UT the game has really been Reverse Musical Chairs: every time the music stops, UT administration adds another chair and another new administrator.
Music may stop if the faculty take a stand - through Senate Resolution; Vote of No Confidence; talking to reporters. But then...revolutions were rarely started by Professors...
This cartoon is only too true. The recent Independent Collegian reports that we have a new VP of Enrollment, hired to help manage VP Cruickshank's workload.
Meanwhile, faculty workloads increase.
Are you all as tired of the increasing musical chairs as I am?
Faculty have reached out to the media and reporters, but you can not make local papers and TV stations prepare a story, they have to choose to do so. As to a vote of confidence - look at recent history of those across the country very few are successful unless members of the BOT are already concerned about the performance of a President. And there is no indication that the UT BOT has issues (at least publicly). Power relationships in higher education across the country at public universities have changed - there is no public or political support for faculty, so the power all sits with state, BOT and President.
bloggie
it looks like your contributing readership is declining. perhaps you won the battle (short term aggression) and lost the battle (true reform)? sorry, I can list several reasons - but so can you. thanks for hosting the party, even if it was for waste.
wusses, ready to lose before trying.
Looking at the recently published Nov 5 faculty senate minutes: Cruickshank says, "I specifically chose this image of a chess board and chess pieces and there’s one chess piece that is out in front, and that is where we want to be."
There aren't visuals accompanying the minutes, but I have to assume he was referring to the first pawn to be advanced, which almost always meets an early demise.
Good imagery, bro.
It sounds to Bloggie that Cruickshank has no idea whatsoever how to play chess.
The place has become a disaster. It is obvious to everyone that these clowns know nothing except how to spend money like drunken sailors, have meetings, make flow charts, and endlessly bully the people who do the real work of serving students.
And enrollment drops again! 3.8% according to today's Blade, according to Cruickshank, "exactly where I thought we'd be."
Guess that is why they had to hire a "helper" VP for him.
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