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Can't figure out how to link story to message board, but if you remember, Baylor's president resigned after creating huge turmoil on the campus.  Here are some passages from the story that came out today about the new interim president and his task.   What it says about the faculty rings true to USM.


 


Baylor, the world's largest Baptist university, is at a crossroads. Underwood assumes the presidency after a decade of tumult under Robert Sloan Jr., who announced his resignation in January and will take a new assignment as chancellor.


While the university's board of regents continues to search for a permanent replacement, the 48-year-old Underwood moves into the role of reconciler for this campus community of nearly 14,000 students after years of dysfunction.


"His primary mission is to produce some healing," said Jim Patton, head of the faculty senate. "I expect he will."


 Faculty leaders cast votes of no confidence three times, claiming at one point that Sloan had created a "chilling work environment." Some faculty members alleged the administration denied pay raises and promotions to, and even fired, professors who opposed him.



As the interim president, Underwood said he sees himself as a caretaker. He plans to follow the blueprint of Baylor 2012 while trying to repair relations among the university's various constituencies.


In recent weeks he has met with alumni, faculty leaders and regents, in large groups and small.


"From what I've heard, there isn't as much disagreement among Baylor people as we believe," he said. "People are tired of fighting. People are looking for a way to get back together. People love the university. They want us to accomplish great things at Baylor."


 Faculty members and regents said they noticed a change in climate at Baylor after the announcement of Sloan's resignation. The tone is more civil, not sharp or shrill, said Patton, the faculty senate chairman. But he would prefer a prolonged presidential search because the right person might not come until "we've healed up and look less dysfunctional."



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3 point land

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Also, recall that Baylor had a major problem in athletic department during the reign of Sloan.


I realize the scandal(if you call murder scandal) was directly related to the president at Baylor, but somehow trouble always travels with poor adminstrators.



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3 point land wrote:

". . . but somehow trouble always travels with poor adminstrators."
Sometimes, but not always, 3 point land. The president is not always to blame. Sometimes it is the governing body that does not understand basic principles such as academic freedom. Some excellent Southern Baptist schools have severed ties with their state Baptist associations because of those fundamental differences. The University of Richmond, as one example, is no longer Baptist. While retaining its important mission as a Christian university, two or three years ago it became non- denominatonal. B

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3 point land wrote:

Also, recall that Baylor had a major problem in athletic department during the reign of Sloan.
Baylor did have a major problem in the athletic department, but I think it was flagrant violations of academic principles rather than athletics that led to the demise of their president. Wake up Mississippi IHL!

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"..........presidential search ........the right person might not come until "we've healed up and look less dysfunctional."


Baylor couldn't be more than dysfunctional than USM. We just did it in a much shorter period of time than it took Baylor. Just think how long it will take to conduct a decent search to find a new USM president.



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Texas Two-Step wrote:

3 point land wrote: Also, recall that Baylor had a major problem in athletic department during the reign of Sloan. Baylor did have a major problem in the athletic department, but I think it was flagrant violations of academic principles rather than athletics that led to the demise of their president. Wake up Mississippi IHL!

Do I have Baylor confused with another university....didnt a basketball team member kill another team member??    BB player Roberts at MSU transferred after the scandal?


I am not suggesting the Baylor president remotely had anything to do with the crimes in the athletic department, but it does seem sometimes that when things are going bad poor leadership inflates the problem.



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When top managers are loose with ethics, it filters down throughout the organization...those inclined to engage in less ethical behavior will now feel more comfortable doing so.  Conversely, ethical top leadership inhibits unethical behavior of others in the organization. 

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Outside Observer wrote:

When top managers are loose with ethics, it filters down throughout the organization...those inclined to engage in less ethical behavior will now feel more comfortable doing so.  Conversely, ethical top leadership inhibits unethical behavior of others in the organization. 

This is an outstanding point to make, OO!  Beautifully stated -


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