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

[‘87 Alum]

Nova -

Hold up a minute.  Even if it's an ad, then who provided all that content for said ad?  And we all know that you pay by the standard inch for an ad, and that[s alot of content bruh....so again, did someone just cough up this content or was it well thought out?

[Utopia]

The fact is the deadline for submitting applications for the position will be June 30, 2009 and today is July 15, 2009 and Tuskegee University has no public website created in a timely manner for alumni or applicant usage.

You'd expect such in a developing nation not in the United States in 2009 in the same year that an African American is the President of the United States.

Since you think today is July 15, 2009, a bell has been sounded about your judgement.

[Shelt from Skegee]

Classic case of tinkling brass...

http://chronicle.com/jobs/id.php?id=0000597276-01&pg=r

That's an ad. It has nothing to do with the topic. The topic is the process is not shown in a public format for alumni on the university's website in a timely manner as is standard at American universities and colleges.


Some alumni will allow the university to stuck where it currently is and operated like a plantation.

Golden Kitten: The ad that you posted states the following:

Additional Information Posted on Tuskegee University's Web Site
Tuskegee University’s Web Site (www.tuskegee.edu)

Now .....tell me where is this information as this is April 15, 2009?

hummm, where is this information shown at the link provided in the ad?

The ad also states: Tuskegee enrolls more than 3000 students

This is a lie. The enrollment has been under 3,000 for the last few years and it's currently 2,900 now.

You also need to read things a bit more closely.  That announcement did not say "additional information on the presidential search could be found at the website"  It indicated that information on the university in general can be found on the website, and that serious candidates for the position should go there to find out more info on Tuskegee.

Reading comprehension is vital!

[NovaSkegee]

April 15, 2009 is today and the deadline for submitting Application materials is June 30, 2009.

Now, do you know how early universities post the websites up once the announcement is made for a search?

[NovaSkegee]

All of the top people of the presidential search committee are non-Tuskegee University alumni and the chair was the chair of the search that found Dr. Payton almost 30 years ago. No one should chair the search who is not an alumnus of the university and no one should chair a search twice.


Presidential Search Committee (PSC) has been appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Committee consists of nine Trustees plus Representatives drawn from Other Community elements of the University. The Trustee Members, the year in which they were elected to the Board, and their Alumni Status (*) are:

 
Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer Chair of the Board and of the Search Committee
University of Washington, BA, 1950; University of Washington, MA, 1951; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1957

Dr. Bernard E. Anderson First Vice Chair
B.A., Economics, Livingstone College, Highest Honors; M.A., Economics, Michigan State University; Ph.D., Business and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania


Mr. Stephen E. Canter Second Vice Chair
AB from Cornell University and MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business


Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.
Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.  Tuskegee '64

Mr. Raamel C. Mitchell Tuskegee

Dr. Willene A. Johnson
B.A. in Social Studies with honors from Radcliffe College, an M.A. in African History from St. John's University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.


Mr. Howard G. Paster
George Washington University

Ms. Sheron J. Rose Tuskegee '83

Mr. Felker Ward Tuskegee '53

 _______________________________

Mr. Kwesi Daniels, Chair, Faculty Senate Tuskegee

Ms. Darlene Adams, Chair, Staff Senate

Mr. Eric Harris, President, Student Government Association 2008-09

 Ms. Dunnie Onasanya, President-Elect, SGA 2009-10

Dr. Loretta Burns, Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty at  Large

Dr. Gregory Pritchett, Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry,  Faculty at Large

Ms. Kimberly Woodard, President, TU National Alumni Association

[Shelt from Skegee]

All of the top people of the presidential search committee are non-Tuskegee University alumni and the chair was the chair of the search that found Dr. Payton almost 30 years ago. No one should chair the search who is not an alumnus of the university and no one should chair a search twice.

Is that a part of your so-called "standard" for presidential searches?  Or is it just your opinion?

And you STILL haven't answered my question.

I ask again (because maybe you missed it the first 3 times I asked)

To what purpose do you want to see detailed info about the search (meeting dates, detailed timelines, detailed criteria) listed?  What will you do with that type of info.  What's the point?

[skegee01]

All of the top people of the presidential search committee are non-Tuskegee University alumni and the chair was the chair of the search that found Dr. Payton almost 30 years ago. No one should chair the search who is not an alumnus of the university and no one should chair a search twice.


Presidential Search Committee (PSC) has been appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Committee consists of nine Trustees plus Representatives drawn from Other Community elements of the University. The Trustee Members, the year in which they were elected to the Board, and their Alumni Status (*) are:

 
Dr. Andrew F. Brimmer Chair of the Board and of the Search Committee
University of Washington, BA, 1950; University of Washington, MA, 1951; Harvard University, Ph.D., 1957

Dr. Bernard E. Anderson First Vice Chair
B.A., Economics, Livingstone College, Highest Honors; M.A., Economics, Michigan State University; Ph.D., Business and Applied Economics, University of Pennsylvania


Mr. Stephen E. Canter Second Vice Chair
AB from Cornell University and MBA from Columbia University Graduate School of Business


Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.
Mr. Solomon L. Banks, Jr.  Tuskegee '64

Mr. Raamel C. Mitchell
Georgetown University

Dr. Willene A. Johnson
B.A. in Social Studies with honors from Radcliffe College, an M.A. in African History from St. John's University and a Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University.


Mr. Howard G. Paster
George Washington University

Ms. Sheron J. Rose Tuskegee '83

Mr. Felker Ward Tuskegee '53

 _______________________________

Mr. Kwesi Daniels, Chair, Faculty Senate Tuskegee

Ms. Darlene Adams, Chair, Staff Senate

Mr. Eric Harris, President, Student Government Association 2008-09

 Ms. Dunnie Onasanya, President-Elect, SGA 2009-10

Dr. Loretta Burns, Professor and Head, Department of English, Faculty at  Large

Dr. Gregory Pritchett, Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry,  Faculty at Large

Ms. Kimberly Woodard, President, TU National Alumni Association

So, what are you really arguing?  Brimmer being the Chairman too long, Payton being President too long, Tuskegee not handling its search committee like other schools, no alumni chairing the board of trustees, not releasing a search committee website?

I'm confused of what you really stand for.  

[NovaSkegee]

All of the top people of the presidential search committee are non-Tuskegee University alumni and the chair was the chair of the search that found Dr. Payton almost 30 years ago. No one should chair the search who is not an alumnus of the university and no one should chair a search twice.

Is that a part of your so-called "standard" for presidential searches?  Or is it just your opinion?

I've posted in other topics the standard at American universities and colleges. The search committees and the boards of trustees are headed and most often all alumni and in fact all the top position are alumni at the nations best universities and colleges.

This is not an opinion. It is a fact.

[NovaSkegee]

So, what are you really arguing?  Brimmer being the Chairman too long, Payton being President too long, Tuskegee not handling its search committee like other schools, no alumni chairing the board of trustees, not releasing a search committee website?

I'm confused of what you really stand for.  

I don't think I need to answer that. I think the post and topics regarding Tuskegee on its leadership etc. speaks for itself.

Tuskegee's board and selection committee should be chaired and dominated at the top levels by alumni period. Alumni know what best for Tuskegee better than people who didn't spend one day of their education time on the campus. This is the case at all of America's top universities and those who plan on being top universities.

Alumni of those universities hold all the key decision making positions, that's a fact.

[Shelt from Skegee]

Here you go with your "Standard" again.

Please list the standardizing body which set that "Standard".

A list of 30 some colleges don't set a standard for thousands of other colleges to follow.

You still haven't answered the question, And you're going off topic from TU not presenting the info, to being mad at who's leading the comittee, even though the overall comittee is DOMINATED by TU graduates and/or students.

There are  16 people on the committee.

10 are either TU students or TU graduates.

[Golden Kitten]

More than half of the committee are alums... 

[NovaSkegee]

Here you go with your "Standard" again.

Please list the standardizing body which set that "Standard".

You're welcome to defend the way Tuskegee does things. But, this is why Tuskegee is in the condition that it is in today. If you are fine with that after the last 30 years. That's okay.

But, many alumni had a higher expectation of where Tuskegee would be in 2009 after Booker T. Washington, Robert Moton, Frederick Patterson and Luther Foster, Jr.

Many expected a university that offered many more PhD degree programs, many more master degree programs, many more bachalor degree programs, a larger student enrollment than what they had in the late 1970s, a better alumni giving rate, a board of trustees who would not allow a president to remain when a number of academic programs had issues, a larger number of graduates per year per program, an athletic program that would have advanced to the next level.

[NovaSkegee]

More than half of the committee are alums... 

Is the chair the same chair that select Dr. Payton? YES

Are the top key people on the search committee alumni? NO

Is this the case at  America's top universities? NO
Those top universities never allow non-alumni to make the selection of their next presidents or chancellors and you will not even be asked to sit on their selection committees in the key positions unless you are an alumnus in the first place. The proof is in the pudding. Look up the make up of the boards and selection committees at the top universities (public and private).

It's fine if you're happy with the current ways. But, you're unlike those that create top universities.

[Brother Tony]

So what are you doing about it?
What's your plan of action?
Where is the list of your supporters?
Is there a petition circulating that I don't know about?

[NovaSkegee]

So what are you doing about it?
What's your plan of action?
Where is the list of your supporters?
Is there a petition circulating that I don't know about?

Do you want to join? YES or NO