Delta Democrat Times, 7/6/07: Morganti's Top 10 List [Reasons not to be the head of a public university in Miss.] - USM Forum -- Message Board

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Delta Democrat Times, 7/6/07: Morganti's Top 10 List [Reasons not to be the head of a public university in Miss.]

Just Coasting · Status: Offline

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http://www.ddtonline.com/articles/2007/07/06/news/columns/columns2.txt

Morganti's Top 10 List

The University of Southern Mississippi recently hired a new president to replace one the faculty down there disliked. Mississippi University for Women alumni, historically the most united group of grads in the state, are split over the actions of President Claudia Limbert. And Lester Newman of Mississippi Valley State has decided to move on after a faculty committee sought his dismissal.

All of which rekindle a question I have puzzled over since I first became involved in higher education: "Why the heck would anyone want to be a university president?"

In David Letterman style, here are my Top 10 Reasons not to be the head of a public university in Mississippi:...

It comes with the territory and actually doesn't sound much different than the responsibilities of a mayor or a school principal (yet, paid much, much better).

Cossack · Status: Offline

The great thing about being a college administrator is the greater fool theory. No matter how bad you are in your present job, some other university will hire you because "you have experience". USM has hired its share of other university's failures, but sometimes they just take a home grown version.