Ashley Morris: the blog

4/12/06

http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2006/04/travesties_by_a.html

Travesties by a troika of twits

Shelby Thames believed that USM was not an institution run by a combination of faculty governance and administrative cooperation, but rather an autocracy. Therefore he fired 2 tenured professors for no reason whatsoever.

The resulting protests and court cases cost USM over a million dollars, a mass exodus by the faculty, and basically ended his career as USM president.

Scott Cowen proposed a bold renewal plan for Tulane University,...

Now, we have Loyola University of New Orleans, and their president, Kevin Wildes, has proposed eliminating the programs ...

All 3 of these university presidents have stepped out of line. The purpose of a university president is to provide a pretty face for parents, alumni and prospective donors, and to suck as much money out of the latter 2 groups as is humanly (or whatever they are) possible. That’s it....