[Herky] Non Herky--U of I's new President?

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Very well stated Carol, the fix was definitely in from the beginning! Go Hawks! Craig B.

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> On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:42 PM, Carol Dupic <dupics at mchsi.com> wrote:
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> I am on the faculty, but live far from Iowa City (Emmetsburg).
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> The problem in this case is not so much that they hired someone with a business background rather than an academic one, although that is how it is being reported in many media outlets. The real problem is that this particular candidate did not appear to be qualified for the position. He misrepresented himself on his CV, he told the forum that he “researched the University on Wikipedia” and he said he had no trouble with the new funding formula that the Regents are planning on implementing that will take quite a big chunk of money from the University of Iowa and give it to Iowa State and UNI (the premise being that they want to encourage undergraduate in-state students – the reality being that ISU and UNI don’t have a med school, a dental school, a law school, etc. to support).
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> The general consensus around the state is that he was likely hand-picked by Terry Branstad and Bruce Rastetter (Board President – big ag, big money guy). The new president was the only candidate that had a personal phone conversation with Terry Branstad, and he also came to Iowa City before he applied for the job and “toured” the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics. Guessing the others didn’t do that. No way of knowing, but it is quite possible it was decided before they started the whole process. The people I know who went to the open forums for all the candidates said his performance was abysmal and that the others were all very good. His “rating” by those attending was 3%, the others were all over 90%.
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> I’m not sure he bought the presidency; I’d be more inclined to think it was a give-away by our elected officials and their Board. It was a unanimous vote by the Board of Regents. He’s hired – I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt, but I am disgusted by the process. And I’m not an Iowa City liberal.
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> Carol
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> From: Herky [mailto:herky-bounces at lists.herky.net] On Behalf Of Kay Ramseyer
> Sent: Tuesday, September 22, 2015 10:41 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Herky] Non Herky--U of I's new President?
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> He only has an MBA and no teaching or administrative experience. Both the faculty and graduate student organization voted no confidence in him. I talked to a president of a state university with over 21,000 students and he said the all of the other candidates were qualified to be president and he had talked with two Iowa faculty who were very upset. Maybe the Iowa presidency can be bought….
> On Sep 22, 2015, at 9:33 AM, Keith Voigts <kvoigts at wisemanengine.com> wrote:
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> http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2015/09/university_of_iowa_names_new_president_no_experience_no_ideas_flubbed_his.html
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> What is this all about?
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> Keith L. Voigts
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