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WisconsinMy first thoughts on the general profile:
Don't really want someone promotable within RU. Some new eyes are in order. I wouldn't rule them out, but would look hard elsewhere.
I would want a current B1G (or similar) provost or a current president at a significant, if smaller, research institution.
Preferably a public one.
Very much so. It seems to just be a list of provosts from Big Ten and other local schools, more than an analysis of who would have the right skills and experience to lead Rutgers.Piece is mostly speculation.
Piece is mostly speculation. If Phoebe Haddon becomes President, that would be a total disaster; I know her from Camden. (I don't think she'll get far; there will be negative comments from her deanship at University of Baltimore's school of law). I doubt Wendell Pritchett would be interested. He is committed to living in Philadelphia, and that probably doesn't work for a President in New Brunswick. Pritchett knows the University bureaucracy well from having been chancellor at Camden, where he felt frustrated by the New Brunswick administration's veto of initiatives that Pritchett thought would help the campus. I don't know Molloy (NB chancellor). Nancy Cantor at Newark used to be a university president (Syracuse?) and she has that going for her. I don't know any of the Big Ten administrators being considered, but their positions sound impressive. My feeling is that this job is *not* a lock for a minority or female candidate, but a lot of consideration will be giving to such a candidate.
This "don't you know who I am" video of Cantor should doom her candidacy, along with the fact that she parades around the Newark campus in a limo:
She recently got a good side gig. I'd stand by my previous outline with her not in the primary target mold.agree. The Camden chancellor, Phoebe Haddon, is no prize either.
Holloway it is!We should hire someone outside the University. From that list, Holloway looks to be the strongest, as he has the academic and athletics backgrounds (played football at Stanford) needed here to take us to the next level. After that, Nicholas Jones, McPheron, and Philbert. Pass on Cantor, wasn't she pushed out at Cuse?
I love this hire. NW and Stanford ties, played football at Stanford, fits the diverse profile of the school. I don't think any sane RU fan or alum can dislike this hire.Holloway it is!
On behalf of the NINE million , Thank you for posting this.NJ.com
Rutgers will name first black president, a Northwestern provost and former football player
I'm impressed.
I'm looking forward to a guy who played ball at Stanford and was on the Yale & NW faculty explain to any RU faculty whiners how football and Academics do mix.
:ThumbsUpMy only hesitancy about him is that he's never been a student, faculty member, or administrator at a public university. It's different here than in the private sector -- here the president has to deal with the governor and state legislature. OTOH, coming from the private sector means he understands the importance of creating a student-friendly environment (so that students will contribute when they are alums), of fund-raising, and of not feeling bound to do something just because other public universities do it. And keep in mind that Barchi, who has been largely successful, also had no public university experience. The only recent president who did was McCormick; and while I think McCormick was a good president, he was not hugely outstanding.
Still a valid point, but it seems he started his academic career at UC San DiegoMy only hesitancy about him is that he's never been a student, faculty member, or administrator at a public university. It's different here than in the private sector -- here the president has to deal with the governor and state legislature. OTOH, coming from the private sector means he understands the importance of creating a student-friendly environment (so that students will contribute when they are alums), of fund-raising, and of not feeling bound to do something just because other public universities do it. And keep in mind that Barchi, who has been largely successful, also had no public university experience. The only recent president who did was McCormick; and while I think McCormick was a good president, he was not hugely outstanding.
My only hesitancy about him is that he's never been a student, faculty member, or administrator at a public university. It's different here than in the private sector -- here the president has to deal with the governor and state legislature. OTOH, coming from the private sector means he understands the importance of creating a student-friendly environment (so that students will contribute when they are alums), of fund-raising, and of not feeling bound to do something just because other public universities do it. And keep in mind that Barchi, who has been largely successful, also had no public university experience. The only recent president who did was McCormick; and while I think McCormick was a good president, he was not hugely outstanding.
Still a valid point, but it seems he started his academic career at UC San Diego
NY TimesRU hires President
Was McC a big back slapper with the state pols? I was in school when he was President, I don't really remember hearing about it, but it doesn't mean it wasn't happening.
A TEDx talk from Dr Holloway Political Correctness
CamdenLaw,
Do you know if construction has started on the new Business School building ? If not, what is the date ?
^^
Construction not started yet but the building is still in the plans for the campus. There is a shortage of classrooms on the campus so this building is probably the next big Camden project.
I think he is a little young for the Rutgers job, but may just be because I am significantly older than he is.
He may turn out to be a home run hire, and he may turn out to be a bomb. Let's give the guy a chance to show us which he is.
Thanks for your post @camdenlawprof
My thoughts are not so much young in terms of age but rather that I'd have preferred to see him have a longer tenure as Provost. A bit difficult to demonstrate a track record in that specific role in only 2+ years. That said, I agree with the following....
Would you suggest reading the two books in the same order that you will, or reverse, or doesn't really matter?
he's not jargon-y at all the way many people in the ethnic studies world tend to be.
Thanks for the observation. Admittedly, I have little to no exposure to the ethnic studies arena so I had no idea that it can often be jargon-y.