tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post7929376796194889356..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: DE letter and guest columnDave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-44444187981020533502011-04-24T16:43:21.396-05:002011-04-24T16:43:21.396-05:00Tenure and academic freedom are what are being tar...Tenure and academic freedom are what are being targeted by the administration, who are adamant in their refusal to negotiate with the union representatives of the workers (all workers--including faculty). I would like to know when was the last time an administrator (from the Dean level upward all the way through to the President) developed and taught a class and/or published an academic paper? InAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-7215887731991312352011-04-24T15:25:40.070-05:002011-04-24T15:25:40.070-05:00Reiterating the comment above, the big news on Fri...Reiterating the comment above, the big news on Friday was not Randy's letter re: the search for the Dean of COE (though I know that it has hit a nerve for some). The big news was what Robbie Lieberman enumerated in her guest op-ed: the BOT's "last, best offer" levels a devastating blow to tenure rights and academic freedom on this campus. We need to hear more faculty weighing inNatashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873177942643383807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-21849666066179701622011-04-24T10:53:00.680-05:002011-04-24T10:53:00.680-05:00Changing the subject a bit, I would like to commen...Changing the subject a bit, I would like to commend Prof. Robbie Lieberman on his excellent contribution to the DE. I feel like it explains clearly what is really at stake (a lot more than pay cuts).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-5652095437896154042011-04-24T00:59:31.063-05:002011-04-24T00:59:31.063-05:00If Liz Chevalier, as Randy Auxier says, was not in...If Liz Chevalier, as Randy Auxier says, was not initially included among the candidates selected to be interviewed, it simply means that the ones who were selected were all better qualified than her for the position. For Chancellor Cheng to now insist that Chevalier be included among the list of candidates to be interviewed is not very appropriate, in my opinion. Did the Chancellor review all theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-54247232087100858972011-04-23T14:13:29.867-05:002011-04-23T14:13:29.867-05:00If the Chancellor included a candidate for A.A. re...If the Chancellor included a candidate for A.A. reasons, she could say this. The A.A. office is open and frank when it feels a candidate is being wrongly excluded. If Randy is correct that no explanation was given that reflects a very poor leadership style.<br /><br />I know Lizetta and am do not agree that she is unqualified. She has been a dept chair and is associate dean. And COE is not that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-384284420946260192011-04-22T21:13:12.530-05:002011-04-22T21:13:12.530-05:00To the diversity for diversity's sake is bad A...To the diversity for diversity's sake is bad Anonymous:<br /><br />My comment about lack of administrative experience is relative to others in the college, not in absolute terms. <br /><br />If you look at her CV, as the first Anonymous did, you will see that she is a full professor, has experience as a chair, and has experience as an acting associate dean during the time when the college wasparanoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-53355144422274970772011-04-22T20:12:04.008-05:002011-04-22T20:12:04.008-05:00My understanding is that one of the 4 finalists wi...My understanding is that one of the 4 finalists withdrew and the chancellor placed Chevalier into the open finalist spot. The chancellor should have discussed this with (and made a decision with) the search committee, but I think this hardly warrants a letter to the editor. We have so many talented faculty at SIU and our inability to work together is making us appear unqualified to sell peanutsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-51592252446561379092011-04-22T19:59:36.837-05:002011-04-22T19:59:36.837-05:00It is strange that there is all this talk of affir...It is strange that there is all this talk of affirmative action in this situation. There have been many cases within the university recently and in the past when lip-service appears to have been given to the principles of affirmative action. One recent example from a couple of years ago was the appointment of a white male Associate Professor as Associate Dean of a college--over other candidates Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-11318963378473137352011-04-22T19:49:59.210-05:002011-04-22T19:49:59.210-05:00"Compared to others in the college who might ..."Compared to others in the college who might have applied, she's relatively green when it comes to <br />administrative experience."<br /><br />Like the "first woman" law school dean we hired? Just as inexperienced. Is inexperience the new qualification? BTW, if she were provost would she be the "first female provost" at SIU? How many high-ranking job posts have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-9606669332168179162011-04-22T17:53:00.763-05:002011-04-22T17:53:00.763-05:00Compared to others in the college who might have a...Compared to others in the college who might have applied, she's relatively green when it comes to administrative experience.<br /><br />Considering the lack of administrative experience in some of the provost candidates, I think that denying her an interview would be a discrimination lawsuit waiting to happen.paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-16228027944862687932011-04-22T17:51:52.155-05:002011-04-22T17:51:52.155-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.paranoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01305552154248972937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-5129710750426917922011-04-22T16:08:17.321-05:002011-04-22T16:08:17.321-05:00I would like to know what Professor Auxier and the...I would like to know what Professor Auxier and the search committee find so objectionable about this candidate for Dean? I do not know her, but I looked up her Vita online and she seems to have every qualification one would expect: A good record of publication and funding, timely promotions from assistant through associate to full professor, experience as a faculty member, department chair, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-15829424026038860172011-04-22T14:20:46.787-05:002011-04-22T14:20:46.787-05:00I would again like to comment Professor Auxier on ...I would again like to comment Professor Auxier on his letter but would also wish to inform him that the rejected candidate is being supported by certain people because she is a woman and a minority. So is Cheng and look at the damage she has caused to this campus so far.Tony Williamsnoreply@blogger.com