I recently accepted a new position within my company managing hundreds of people. I have no plan yet. Looking for guidance from my direct reports to determine what our priorities need to be. Just because someone is an internal hire it doesn't mean they are aware of everything yet.
"and Georgetown still sucks!"
Yea, this is a problem.
A friend of mine was in an admin position at one of the schools at SU and was privy to some salaries. It was eye opening at how cavalier some people were with money for their staff, quite a few "do little, paid a lot" jobs.
Yeah, it was more so a "I will be coming into this role listening, first"
He said he wants to listen to all interested groups in the next few months to determine what direction THEY think the University should go. He’s a true leader.
There is a whole ecosystem built around students that become Grad students then Grad assistants and then doctorates and then professors and then deans and then administrators.
I $#%& LOVE THAT.
And in my experience dealing with them, they also tend to think they're the smartest people in every room. This is obviously overgeneralization, but this stereotype has a hint of truth.
TBH I haven't even thought about this angle. We all know that Syr dot com loves to bash the SU athletic department, and that they haven't taken the opportunity yet, which in this case does seem worrisome. Some in the know here have hinted she's no longer the hire, but I need to see it with my own eyes. Dino burned me with his belief without evidence speeches.
Or, they have higher journalistic standards, and need to confirm with more sources before publishing. They also probably are trying to get quotes and more usable information so they're no regurgitating the same article that the Daily Orange wrote.
Nothing more insufferable than a conversation with a PHD student in one of the Liberal Arts - Philosophy, Classics, etc.
Agree. Let's see how it plays out...
The worst date I've ever been on was with an art history PhD student. I get it.
Well stated. For the grief that both Mike and Donna get, they really are excellent at their jobs. True professionals. They will always vet and double vet before they publish a story. It’s their reputations on the line. And it’s the absolute right thing to do. Far easier to publish potentially questionable content when you are a student newspaper than when you are the published news source of an entire region.
This is a pretty ill-informed comment. Administrative bloat is real at universities, that’s very true, but that’s connected to the intrusion of corporate values into the academic space. There are fewer actual teachers, academics and researchers than ever before if you know the data. Fewer tenure track positions and more adjuncts teaching students than ever. Universities are supposed to be about learning.
Okay. The Post Standard had the story. But it was sent anonymously and the allegations against Lyke were also sent anonymously. That doesn't reach the journalistic standards of any newspaper. The Daily Orange decided to go with the story regardless of that. Fact. They are not in the least worried about pissing off anyone at Syracuse University. You might not have been around for the out of bounds series they ran back in the early 90's. It set our program back. If they have the goods, they will print and not think twice about who doesn't like it.
I worked with an IT person that demanded to be called Doctor on all their meetings because they had 12 years of IT schooling. They didn't last long and that was even before AI would've for sure erased their job.
High School Principal got his "Doctorate" at a now defunct mail order degree joint. Insisted that everyone call him Dr. Pompous A--.
They reported on the existence of a complaint and the outcome of it. Given she's a candidate in a high profile AD search and she was just named in another lawsuit involving her role as an AD, seems relevant to me. Even HR (which exists to protect a business or a school, not aid the person complaining) determined there was merit in speaking with HL about her behavior.
I’m afraid Syracuse Law is now ranked similar to Akron Law. What a disgrace
Thanks Richmond was responding the same.