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2005-09-28 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by anonymous5089 2005-09-28 05:20|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 He misses the big picture, that is, the very purpose for university presidents has changed over the years. Their title is now reduced to mean solely, for all practical purposes, "fund raiser".

At one "Enormous State University", the interview for a new president was reduced to a single question, quite literally:

"CAN YOU BRING IN AN AVERAGE OF TEN MILLION DOLLARS A DAY, EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR?"

This figure sounds ridiculous and impossible, until you calculate how many sources of income are under the purview of the president. Many school fees, such as parking garages; fixed endowments that require speaking engagements; legislative, State Board of Education, and Regents lobbying; other alumni donations; new corporate and NGO sponsorships; athletic box office, television rights, and NCAA mutuals; etc.

But it boils down to the fact that this is all the president does, or is expected to do, other than to avoid controversy and issue boilerplate memos.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-09-28 14:01|| 2005-09-28 14:01|| Front Page Top

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