tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post148362045545803653..comments2023-10-10T04:30:38.687-05:00Comments on Deo volente: Dean Search for College of Engineering "Compromised"Dave Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-89897752053626886852011-04-30T19:09:07.467-05:002011-04-30T19:09:07.467-05:00By her actions, Cheng is giving Affirmative Action...By her actions, Cheng is giving Affirmative Action a bad name and a gift to the extremist elements of the Republican Party as well as The Southern's ideal reader.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-30405755769598864612011-04-30T08:39:11.357-05:002011-04-30T08:39:11.357-05:00To uphold diversity, Affirmative Action office mus...To uphold diversity, Affirmative Action office must not be under the command of the hiring officer, in SIUC’s case Chancellor. Because of her top down intimidating style, Cheng is nicely using the AA office (or should I say AA officer) to her advantage. <br /><br />I must give credit to Cheng for her ability to provide good lip service. I don’t think she is going to change her style; it is time Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-23135616807892795472011-04-30T05:20:53.751-05:002011-04-30T05:20:53.751-05:00I agree with what Anonymous (April 29th, 2011, 10:...I agree with what Anonymous (April 29th, 2011, 10:19 PM) has stated. Yes, so called Diversity has become "a matter of convenience to hire friends (inner circle members) at SIUC."<br />Diversity of Opinion should be appreciated and upheld--then all these other problems (the various -isms will go away)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-57100790457939964562011-04-30T05:05:21.853-05:002011-04-30T05:05:21.853-05:00Although two tenure track faculty were recently hi...Although two tenure track faculty were recently hired in linguistics, I have heard that the search was originally for hiring only one tenure track faculty person--not two. That search, like others on this campus (including the various Dean Search committees in COE), also appears to have been problematic in many respects (e.g., the composition of the search committee as well as other flawed Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-47482710615020043082011-04-29T22:36:43.837-05:002011-04-29T22:36:43.837-05:00Have you noticed that three colleges have Deans wi...Have you noticed that three colleges have Deans without terminal degree (CASA, MCMA, COE) along with Associate Provost who is acting as Provost right now. I can bet you that the next Provost is going to be someone who may not even make a dean position shortlist in some other University. This is the quality we are promoting. I am sorry, it sounds too negative. I do not know how to sugarcoat bitterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-3975007800586192222011-04-29T22:19:40.358-05:002011-04-29T22:19:40.358-05:00Don’t you remember, non-linguistic person appointe...Don’t you remember, non-linguistic person appointed as the chair of linguistic was the chair of the search committee who hired Cheng? It is payback time. <br /><br />Let’s get back to discussion about hiring practice at SIUC. Anonymous April 29, 10:36 mentioned that the person Nicklow replaced was a disaster. Do you know how big a disaster is the person pushed into the interview list of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-25555645636164361112011-04-29T21:37:21.231-05:002011-04-29T21:37:21.231-05:00Point of information. The Interim Dean of Engineer...Point of information. The Interim Dean of Engineering from C&P does not even have a Ph.D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-87997967336912555732011-04-29T20:15:07.184-05:002011-04-29T20:15:07.184-05:00Linguistics has no tenured faculty to chair the de...Linguistics has no tenured faculty to chair the department, and my understanding is that the tenured linguists in other departments were unavailable, uninterested, or not, for various reasons, ideal candidates. Those of us who have been around long enough know that the troubles in Linguistics were in large part of internal origin. And the merger failed to work in some large part because my Dave Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09100006856645294730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-40524070049528922632011-04-29T17:47:43.288-05:002011-04-29T17:47:43.288-05:00Incidentally, the person (a non-linguist) who has ...Incidentally, the person (a non-linguist) who has now (in 2010/11?) been appointed chair of linguistics was on the faculty senate then (2006) and that person also voted for the merger of LInguistics with the Dept. of Foreign Languages. It is a good thing that the merger didn't actually happen for otherwise there wouldn't be a chair position to be occupied by this person now. I have heardAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-702112701885182062011-04-29T16:56:11.113-05:002011-04-29T16:56:11.113-05:00The weird thing about Linguistics is that it was s...The weird thing about Linguistics is that it was supposed to be merged with Foreign Languages. The merger was requested by the Admin. and approved by the Faculty Senate and then it just never happened. I know some people were against the merger, but once it was approved why did it not happen? Anyone know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-32209119104863225442011-04-29T14:59:47.047-05:002011-04-29T14:59:47.047-05:00Hey, here are a few more! Guess who has been hired...Hey, here are a few more! Guess who has been hired as the department of linguistics chair--Not a linguist for sure. For many years they had this white male professor from history who was a buddy of the former Dean. Then after that it was another white male Associate Professor, also Assoc Dean of COLA. Then they had this weird ad for the dept of linguistics chair which basically said that Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-56567554128250644542011-04-29T10:36:40.521-05:002011-04-29T10:36:40.521-05:00Re: "Where was diversity when Nicklow was hir...Re: "Where was diversity when Nicklow was hired without any search, especially after firing an African American woman?"<br /><br />The person John replaced was a disaster. I am not saying anything about the process - I don't know anything about it. But something needed to be done fast.<br /><br />Re: "I have never seen searches conducted so poorly..."<br /><br />Well thereAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-60484939643415312132011-04-29T06:34:46.837-05:002011-04-29T06:34:46.837-05:00Anonymous April 28, 11:51 PM has made excellent po...Anonymous April 28, 11:51 PM has made excellent points. In my 27 years in academia, I have never seen searches conducted so poorly; total lack of transparency, total disregard to shared governance, no respect of faculty’s opinions, names are released just a day or two before the date of interview, CVs cannot be viewed by public, Provost committee disbanded before the search is over. I am Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-43835547677401859142011-04-28T23:51:11.555-05:002011-04-28T23:51:11.555-05:00This is pathetic. Cheng cannot even take recommend...This is pathetic. Cheng cannot even take recommendations from the committee she appointed. In the name of diversity, Cheng is hiring whosoever she wants. Where was diversity when Nicklow was hired without any search, especially after firing an African American woman? Are you going to tell me that in this entire University, there is no female or minority who can do what Nicklow is doing? Where wasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3492014659405332380.post-36833985850553142282011-04-28T08:41:36.803-05:002011-04-28T08:41:36.803-05:00This is actually business as usual--I am not surpr...This is actually business as usual--I am not surprised that this occurred. All along the administration knows full well who they want and everything is tailored to fit the preferred end result. But for once (thankfully!) it seems that a majority of the search committee members have chosen to voice their concerns. This rarely happens and people on search committees usually do as they are told to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com