CL, 7/12/05 update: Sec. of state in running for IHL comm. - USM Forum -- Message Board

Date: Jul 12, 2005

CL, 7/12/05 update: Sec. of state in running for IHL comm.

Date: Jul 12, 2005

His tenure in positions in the higher ed leadership should automatically disqualify him.

Date: Jul 12, 2005

I'm not sure, but isn't sec. Clark a history major from USM? Anyone have knowledge about him.

As a coast resident, I have appreciated Clark's emphasis on balancing casino development with protection of the coastline. I think highly of him for that

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Don't know him and will invest some time in learning. However, having individuals serving on the IHLwith experience in higher education certainly seem like a plus.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

I'm glad to see that Tom Meridith is a candidate. He has the better credentials.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Let the academics govern wrote:

Don't know him and will invest some time in learning. However, having individuals serving on the IHLwith experience in higher education certainly seem like a plus.

Sorry, too early and not thinking. Had board position in mind, not Commissioner job. My comment was uninformed and irrelevant.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

I would hope that the new commissioner will be someone actively working in higher education and up to date on the issues facing universities across the nation and Mississippi universities in particular. A politician is the last thing Mississippi needs unless that person has strong academic credentials to support their candidacy. A Mississippi State doctorate and a stint at MC as a faculty member would not make one a strong candidate for a faculty position at most schools. The credentials of both Crofts and Potter appear to dwarf Clark's. It looks like Mississippi just can't break free of its old ways.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Eye of the Hurricane wrote:

I would hope that the new commissioner will be someone actively working in higher education and up to date on the issues facing universities across the nation and Mississippi universities in particular. A politician is the last thing Mississippi needs unless that person has strong academic credentials to support their candidacy. A Mississippi State doctorate and a stint at MC as a faculty member would not make one a strong candidate for a faculty position at most schools. The credentials of both Crofts and Potter appear to dwarf Clark's. It looks like Mississippi just can't break free of its old ways.

Exactly.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Is Shelby on the short list-he should be. He's got some great experience and is pro-USM.

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Towner wrote:

Is Shelby on the short list-he should be. He's got some great experience and is pro-USM.

Experience is not enough. One must profit from that experience (no pun intended).

Date: Jul 13, 2005

Eye of the Hurricane wrote:

I would hope that the new commissioner will be someone actively working in higher education and up to date on the issues facing universities across the nation and Mississippi universities in particular. A politician is the last thing Mississippi needs unless that person has strong academic credentials to support their candidacy. A Mississippi State doctorate and a stint at MC as a faculty member would not make one a strong candidate for a faculty position at most schools. The credentials of both Crofts and Potter appear to dwarf Clark's. It looks like Mississippi just can't break free of its old ways.

Amen! The very fact that Clark has expressed his desire to hold the post almost makes a parody of the things IHL has been saying for the past six months or so. If he is given any semblance of serious consideration for the job by even a minor faction of board members, it should be filed away under "further proof of the conspiracy theory."