Barchi to stay..work year to year he tells Nj.com

[BlockR]

no longer has contract..will make over 750,000 k a year..
http://www.nj.com/education/2016/09...past_5-year_commitment.html#incart_river_homehttp://www.nj.com/education/2016/09...past_5-year_commitment.html#incart_river_home

nstead of a contract, Barchi has a hiring agreement with the Rutgers Board of Governors that includes no specific end date. The lucrative deal ends only when Barchi resigns or the board terminates it.

The board gave Barchi high marks in a performance review earlier this year, a 2 percent raise and a $97,000 bonus. He's set to make $676,260 this school year with an additional $101,439 in bonuses.

In notifying Barchi of his bonus in February, Rutgers Board of Governors President Greg Brown thanked him for his dedication and leadership.

"We are delighted with the progress Rutgers has seen this past year," Brown wrote.

 

[Plum Street]

If hobbs, pikiell and ash turn out to be good barchi will go down as the greatest president in Rutgers history. Kinda ironic because we all thought he was terrible for sports.

 

[Knight Shift]

Wut? Greatest President because of Athletics? Umm, No. How about the Medical School merger, the Honors college and the various other ACADEMIC items addressed under his tenure. This is a sports board, but ACADEMICS come first.

 

[RUinPinehurst]

Wut? Greatest President because of Athletics? Umm, No. How about the Medical School merger, the Honors college and the various other ACADEMIC items addressed under his tenure. This is a sports board, but ACADEMICS come first.

Unfortunately, he also needs to lead an effort to "play the game" and improve academic perception i.e. the school's US News & World Report ranking.

 

[Scarlet Engineer]

Unfortunately, he also needs to lead an effort to "play the game" and improve academic perception i.e. the school's US News & World Report ranking.

Agreed. In order to do play that perception game, he has to first improve the actual state of the university. And that is absolutely happening in a big way with SAT scores, the Honors College, faculty upgrades, health sciences merger, and physical upgrades all over the place.

 

[RUhobbit]

Barchi has been great for RU and this is very good news.

 

[kupuna133]

Unfortunately, he also needs to lead an effort to "play the game" and improve academic perception i.e. the school's US News & World Report ranking.

Agreed and part of that game is to create a cohesive university and alumni. Which can be created through the athletics department. Still picking up the pieces of the 80-90's administration on both the academic and athletic side.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Damn, I was hoping that spineless worm would be gone this year.

 

[Upstream]

Wut? Greatest President because of Athletics? Umm, No. How about the Medical School merger, the Honors college and the various other ACADEMIC items addressed under his tenure. This is a sports board, but ACADEMICS come first.

All of that is very true. But on this board, he got a lot of flack for a perceived lack of support for athletics. If Ash and Pikiell turn out to be good, the Hobbs and Barchi would get credit for that too. (Of course that is a big if. No AD hires a coach expecting the coach to fail. If Flood and Rice turned out to be good, then Pernetti would have received credit for those hires, instead of blame.)

 

[Plum Street]

Wut? Greatest President because of Athletics? Umm, No. How about the Medical School merger, the Honors college and the various other ACADEMIC items addressed under his tenure. This is a sports board, but ACADEMICS come first.

No , because of athletics . I go back to campus maybe 20 times a year and pretty much only for athletics . Most people do too. That's how many people relate and keep in touch with this school. Medical school merger was a big deal in the wold of academia . Unfortunately we can't boast to our friends about that ...but a rose bowl game, now there's something to be proud of.

 

[Upstream]

No , because of athletics . I go back to campus maybe 20 times a year and pretty much only for athletics . Most people do too. That's how many people relate and keep in touch with this school. Medical school merger was a big deal in the wold of academia . Unfortunately we can't boast to our friends about that ...but a rose bowl game, now there's something to be proud of.

You can't boast to your friends about medical advances made at your alma mater? My friends call me when they hear my alma mater mentioned on the news for medical research.

 

[srru86]

You can't boast to your friends about medical advances made at your alma mater? My friends call me when they hear my alma mater mentioned on the news for medical research.

Really you should be letting all your friends know about cool stuff like this. It's been in every paper and news broadcast over the last week or so. Most with prominent mention that the study comes out of Rutgers.
NY Times
‘Five-Second Rule’ for Food on Floor Is Untrue, Study Finds

 

[Plum Street]

Really you should be letting all your friends know about cool stuff like this. It's been in every paper and news broadcast over the last week or so. Most with prominnert mention that the study comes out of Rutgers.
NY Times
‘Five-Second Rule’ for Food on Floor Is Untrue, Study Finds

Ha that is cool . But the point is the athletics really shapes a university's perception. My nephew from California has no ties to Rutgers but he likes college football. He will text 'saw Rutgers in tv this week' . He wasn't watching a medical merger negotiation

 

[srru86]

But the point is the athletics really shapes a university's perception.

Of course, Agree with you completely.
McCormick used to say "Athletics is the front porch of the University". Barchi gets it also. Really only the faculty union and various haters and kooks that don't get it.

 

[RUBigFrank]

I would give Barchi mixed grades - his handling of Mike Rice and Julie were PR nightmares. I get the fact that he has done well in the med school merger - but he needs to prove he is more than a political hack appointee via our portly governor.

 

[srru86]

I would give Barchi mixed grades - his handling of Mike Rice and Julie were PR nightmares.

Sticking to athletics Yes, those were fumbles. But his hiring process for Hobbs and Ash show he learned and got that right. We all hope they pay off.

 

[RUnTeX]

Really you should be letting all your friends know about cool stuff like this. It's been in every paper and news broadcast over the last week or so. Most with prominent mention that the study comes out of Rutgers.
NY Times
‘Five-Second Rule’ for Food on Floor Is Untrue, Study Finds

Dammit, and here I was really hoping the study would conclude that up to 10 seconds is just fine, LOL!

My wife warns me not to blow on food, say to cool it down for someone else like my young son (or blow on stuff that will be used for food) due to all the bacteria in a person's mouth.

 

[Upstream]

My wife warns me not to blow on food, say to cool it down for someone else like my young son (or blow on stuff that will be used for food) due to all the bacteria in a person's mouth.

There's a dirty joke hiding in here somewhere.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

If he has no contract, wouldn't that mean that the board might want to start sniffing around for a replacement? Even if he is doing a good job, you kind of have to start looking, right?

Are there internal candidates being groomed?

 

[rube1859]

I would give Barchi mixed grades - his handling of Mike Rice and Julie were PR nightmares. I get the fact that he has done well in the med school merger - but he needs to prove he is more than a political hack appointee via our portly governor.

Referring to President Barchi as a political hack appointee is literally the furthest thing from the truth.

 

[retired711]

My only gripe with Barchi is that he doesn't seem to realize the need to put more resources into the new combined law school. (It's not surprising in a way -- medical doctors tend to dislike lawyers.) I think that, after a shaky start, he is doing well with athletics. Hobbs has performed very well so far -- I don't think a sip of beer matters -- and Ash is doing the best he can.

 

[RUBigFrank]

Referring to President Barchi as a political hack appointee is literally the furthest thing from the truth.

He certainly behaves as such!

Appears that he follows Christie's lead.

 

[RUBigFrank]

One has to wonder if Barchi has his hands in this Alley gate affair.

 

[DJ Spanky]

One has to wonder if Barchi has his hands in this Alley gate affair.

Well, figuratively speaking, we could see if the Alley has tire tracks on its back.

 

[srru86]

Referring to President Barchi as a political hack appointee is literally the furthest thing from the truth.

That really is a stretch. Barchi has precisely the type of background you would expect of a major research university. Just because Christie signed off doesn't make Brachi his creature.

This was not like when McGreevey tried to force Joe Doria on Ramapo as president when his only background was a part time job at St. Peters College.

If you want to see politically motivated hires check out Spellings at UNC or MacRaven at Texas.

 

[ruhudsonfan]

this is not possible

During the Flood debacle, many experts here said there was no way Barchi would be retained past the end of his contract.

 

[RUJohnny99]

No , because of athletics . I go back to campus maybe 20 times a year and pretty much only for athletics . Most people do too. That's how many people relate and keep in touch with this school. Medical school merger was a big deal in the wold of academia . Unfortunately we can't boast to our friends about that ...but a rose bowl game, now there's something to be proud of.

Pray that none of your family members ever get cancer. But if they do, you'll realize that Rutgers is now a leading player in cutting edge cancer research. Ask anyone in NJ going through the nightmare what they think of Rutgers, and I doubt they mention anything related to a ballgame.

 

[Plum Street]

Pray that none of your family members ever get cancer. But if they do, you'll realize that Rutgers is now a leading player in cutting edge cancer research. Ask anyone in NJ going through the nightmare what they think of Rutgers, and I doubt they mention anything related to a ballgame.

Dude give me a break . You want to bring up a serious issue as cancer and insinuate I am a bad guy because I say people care about Rutgers sports.
Obviously , yeah cancer sucks and I wouldn't look to compare a disease to collegiate sports .

 

[RUinPinehurst]

That really is a stretch. Barchi has precisely the type of background you would expect of a major research university. Just because Christie signed off doesn't make Brachi his creature.

This was not like when McGreevey tried to force Joe Doria on Ramapo as president when his only background was a part time job at St. Peters College.

If you want to see politically motivated hires check out the Spellings at UNC or MacRaven at Texas.

Margaret Spellings appointed to head UNC courtesy of Art Pope. Received her BS from Houston in Political "Science." No Masters. No Doctorate. Unbelievable.

 

[bac2therac]

Well, figuratively speaking, we could see if the Alley has tire tracks on its back.

he is deadly with a bus