Tuskegee University presidential search 2 months remain. Last min. hire?

[NovaSkegee]

Tuskegee University yet to make clear its presidential search information as the deadline nears.

The universities website states the follow:
http://www.tuskegee.edu/Global/story.asp?S=10047577

The deadline for submitting applications for the position will be June 30, 2009.  Interested individuals must have an earned doctorate from an accredited and reputable institution of higher learning; be a measurably successful administrator with experience at a senior level position in higher education, and have a strong understanding and knowledge of the private business sector.  Application materials should be sent to:  Dr. Charlotte P. Morris, Secretary, Board of Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee, Tuskegee University, 308 Kresge Center, Tuskegee, AL  36088.  More detailed information about the Search and application requirements will be posted on the University's Web site.

Yet, at other American colleges and universities it is standard that websites showing detailed information are post on the main university's websites for their Presidential Search or Chancellor Search with in a proper amount of time.

Examples:
Note: Some unversities have completed their search as their websites indicate

Information typically shown are: Search Committee members, Position Description, Selection Criteria, upcoming meetings, board of trustee members, Search Firm, Nomination Form, Meetings & Minutes, News, facts and stats, strategic plan, master plan, frequently asked question, etc.

North Carolina A&T State University
http://www.ncat.edu/chansrch/

Delaware State University
http://www.desu.edu/president/

Rice University
http://ricesearch.rice.edu/

Northwestern University
http://www.northwestern.edu/presidentialsearch/

The Ohio State University
http://trustees.osu.edu/presidentialsearch/search_committee.php

Georgia Southern University
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/presidentsearch/

Case Western Reserve University
http://www.case.edu/president/search/

Oklahoma State University
http://osu.okstate.edu/presidentialsearch/index.html

Cornell University
http://www.cornell.edu/presidentsearch/

http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/features/search/search.shtml

Georgia Tech
http://www.gatech.edu/president/search/committee.html

Swarthmore College
http://www.swarthmore.edu/x17191.xml

Howard University
http://www.howard.edu/newsroom/releases/2008/080507president.htm

Virginia Commonwealth University
http://www.presidentialsearch.vcu.edu/index.html

Norfolk State University
http://www.nsu.edu/presidentialsearch/timetable.html

University of Chicago
http://presidentialsearch.uchicago.edu/

Fayetteville State University
http://www.uncfsu.edu/chancellorsearch/index.htm

South Carolina State University
www.scsu.edu/aboutscstate/scstateuniversitypresidentialsearch.aspx

http://www.scsu.edu/inauguration/index.htm

University of Wisconsin-Madison
http://www.chancellorsearch.wisc.edu/index-pre-finalists.html

Vanderbilt University
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/chancellorsearch/

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
http://www.unc.edu/chan/search/search.php

University of California Davis
http://chancellorsearch.ucdavis.edu/

Samford University
http://www.samford.edu/presidentialsearch/index.html


Baylor University
http://www.baylor.edu/president/search/

West Virginia University
http://hscchancellorsearch.wvu.edu/

University of North Carolina at Greensboro
http://www.uncg.edu/ure/chancellorsearch/

University of Colorado
https://www.cu.edu/ucbchancellorsearch/

University of Hawaii
http://www.hawaii.edu/offices/bor/presidential-search/index.php

Duke University
http://www.duke.edu/president_search/committee.html

http://web.duke.edu/newpresident/

Harvard University
http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/daily/2006/03/30-search.html

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
http://web.mit.edu/president/search/process.html

University of California San Francisco
http://www.ucsf.edu/chancellor-search

University of Albany
http://www.albany.edu/presidentialsearch/

Valparaiso University
http://www.valpo.edu/president/elect/index.php

Gonzaga University
http://www.gonzaga.edu/About/presidential-search/default.asp

Indiana State University
http://www1.indstate.edu/presidentsearch/

University of Cincinnati.
http://www.uc.edu/presidentialsearch/

[Brother Tony]

AND? 

[NovaSkegee]

AND? 

Tuskegee does not make it public how it is doing its search. It shows a lack of respect to the alumni and to the applicants for not making this public information in a proper time frame. 

Does Tuskegee want another president like the current one for the next 30 years who has been proven to turnoff many alumni from giving to Tuskegee as well having a board of trustees dominated and chaired by non-alumni?

Tuskegee University and some of alumni appear to be very immature in the process of selecting a president as they have done this process only 4 times since Booker T. Washington. The university and some of its alumni might want to catch up with the standard for American colleges and universities.

[Brother Tony]

OK!

[y04185]

Will the best candidates apply under the way Tuskegee is conducting it's search?  That is more important than doing it the way other schools have conducted searches.

[Brother Tony]

 

[NovaSkegee]

Will the best candidates apply under the way Tuskegee is conducting it's search?  That is more important than doing it the way other schools have conducted searches.

Are most universities in the United States comprised of board of trustees dominated and chaired by people who are non-alumni? NO

Do most public and private universities in the United States have presidential and chancellor search committees dominated by non-alumni. NO -Tuskegee University does.

Do most universities in the United States keep presidents for over 30 years when there is no enrollment growth and yet, there is a decline in enrollment? NO

Do most universities in the United States keep presidents that are known to have turned off a large number of alumni? NO

Do most public and private universities in the United States make public their financial status. YES  -Tuskegee University does not.

Do most public and private universities in the United States make public their growth trends. YES -Tuskegee University does not.

Should alumni be made clearly aware of the selection process of their next president or chancellors at American colleges and universities in a respectful time frame? YES -most all do.

-y04185 your Fayetteville State University does.

[Brother Tony]

 

[‘87 Alum]

Quoting Ronnie Reagan...."oh boy, here we go again!"

Nova, I looked at the two schools nearest and dearest to me - Skegee & Cincinnati.  Here's what I saw on the respective websites you provided...

Cincinnati
Maintaining the Momentum:
The Search for UC’s Next President
 
The University of Cincinnati is searching for the institution’s next president. An ambitious schedule has been established for this search. The ideal candidate for president is defined by the Presidential Profile, which will be refined as the Search Committee begins its work. Your thoughts about the content of this important document are welcome. Please send your advice and suggestions via an e-mail to the Search Committee Chair through the UC Board Office e-mail: board.trustees@uc.edu.

The Board of Trustees has convened the Presidential Search Committee as described in University Rule 10-6-01.

Tuskegee
The task of the PSC is to search broadly and intensively to identify, recruit and thoroughly review persons who have the outstanding/extraordinary, national, leadership, management, fundraising and scholarly characteristics required, together with the stamina, integrity, work ethic and passionate commitment to the mission of Tuskegee University that are needed to become Tuskegee's next president.  The PSC will recommend its conclusion(s) to the Board of Trustees.  The Board of Trustees will elect the individual to the presidency.

The deadline for submitting applications for the position will be June 30, 2009.  Interested individuals must have an earned doctorate from an accredited and reputable institution of higher learning; be a measurably successful administrator with experience at a senior level position in higher education, and have a strong understanding and knowledge of the private business sector.  Application materials should be sent to:  Dr. Charlotte P. Morris, Secretary, Board of Trustees and of the Presidential Search Committee, Tuskegee University, 308 Kresge Center, Tuskegee, AL  36088.  More detailed information about the Search and application requirements will be posted on the University's Web site.

Both provided info re: the search committee.  Skegee gave a timeline to accept applications, 6/30.  UC didn't explicitely state a timeline, but said it was ambitious.  Skegee listed its criterion, UC stated their criterion would refined as the search committee begins its work.

I'm not sure what you're after here, but it seems like Skegee had a bit more definitive info than UC did re: the presidential search. UC knew Zimpfer was leaving months ago and had more time to develop their plan than Skegee.  Payton announced his retirement plans about a month or so ago, right?

And all the other stuff you ran to Y has nothing, nada, zilch to do with the presidential search.  If you have issues with the way the school is being operated, that's a huge difference than a presidential search.  As Prince said...those "does not compute".....

[NovaSkegee]

Quoting Ronnie Reagan...."oh boy, here we go again!"

Nova, I looked at the two schools nearest and dearest to me - Skegee & Cincinnati.  Here's what I saw on the respective websites you provided...

Cincinnati
Maintaining the Momentum:
The Search for UC’s Next President
 
Please send your advice and suggestions via an e-mail to the Search Committee Chair through the UC Board Office e-mail: board.trustees@uc.edu.

The Board of Trustees has convened the Presidential Search Committee as described in University Rule 10-6-01.

Tuskegee
The deadline for submitting applications for the position will be June 30, 2009.  

Both provided info re: the search committee.  Skegee gave a timeline to accept applications, 6/30.  UC didn't explicitely state a timeline, but said it was ambitious.  Skegee listed its criterion, UC stated their criterion would refined as the search committee begins its work.

I'm not sure what you're after here, but it seems like Skegee had a bit more definitive info than UC did re: the presidential search. UC knew Zimpfer was leaving months ago and had more time to develop their plan than Skegee.  Payton announced his retirement plans about a month or so ago, right?

And all the other stuff you ran to Y has nothing, nada, zilch to do with the presidential search.  If you have issues with the way the school is being operated, that's a huge difference than a presidential search.  As Prince said...those "does not compute".....

'87 Alum, I'm glad you posted that information from the University of Cincinnati. It request of the alumni:

Please send your advice and suggestions via an e-mail to the Search Committee Chair through the UC Board Office e-mail: board.trustees@uc.edu.

Tuskegee has not made such a request of its alumni.

Also, the University of Cincinnati board of trustees and their search committee are dominated by their alumni.

Making excuses for Tuskegee is the reason it was stuck with a president for almost 30 years.

The deadline is June 30, 2009 for Tuskegee. Today is April 15, 2009.
The alumni don't have any public formate put out by the university other than a statement made on the day Dr. Benjamin F. Payton stated he would be stepping down. That's that last and only time information has been released.

This is what happens when a university is dominated by a leadership group who are non-alumni and where the presidential process has only been done 4 times. It's a university that is not use to the process and the actions of the University and the board of trustees wants to keep that masses of alumni left out of the early stages of the selection process.

Making excuses for Tuskegee University will not make for a better university in the 2000s.

Do you think other American universities (public and private) make public the process and make them inclusive for a negative reason? NO, they do this in a public and timely way because they want the best for the future of their universities and they want the alumni to be involved.

[Brother Tony]

Did you "TRY" and send your RFI to the University OR your "specifications" for a President to the Board?

[NovaSkegee]

Did you "TRY" and send your RFI to the University OR your "specifications" for a President to the Board?

It seems you didn't notice what was stated by the University of Cincinnati requesting advice and suggestions and where Tuskegee University is not requesting comments.  That right there is very telling about what's going on at Tuskegee University.

Why does it seem from the alumni on this website when something is exposed about Tuskegee that is not correct. Yet, these same alumni are quick to make comments regarding other HBCUs when they read stuff that is not correct going on at those universities?

One must clean up their own house before making comments about other HBCUs as well as non-HBCUs.

It seem that because Tuskegee lacks the skill in the process of selecting presidents some alumni seem to be lost in the actual process that is a standard among American universities. This is what the current board of trustees enjoys and why it is infact dominated and chaired by non-alumni and why the presidential alumni committee is dominated and chaired by a non-Tuskegee alumni.

[Brother Tony]

DON'T BE LIKE OLE SPORTY! 
Did you "TRY" and send your RFI to the University OR your "specifications" for a President to the Board?

[NovaSkegee]

DON'T BE LIKE OLE SPORTY! 
Did you "TRY" and send your RFI to the University OR your "specifications" for a President to the Board?

  Many alumni are taking care of business and are contacting the university. The reason for this post is so that you can be included. Now, if you wish not to be and if you wish there not to be public information in a timely manner that's something you might want to state instead of defending the university for currently for not doing so.

[Brother Tony]

ANSWER THE DAYUM QUESTION!