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Is Our Mission to Support Administrators?
Today's newsflash from Inside Higher Ed is an article titled "Dollars and Sense" (http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/08/25/budgeting). This article makes a virtue out of a mantra of "no margin, no mission." This piece of news comes less than a week after...
Where are we going and Why is Bill Gates driving?
Those of you who read the Chronicle frequently might have seen the front page article in the Aug. 13 edition. Here it is for those of you who haven't seen it: http://chronicle.com/article/Can-Gates-Foundations-Mill/123824 . What is revealed in the article is...
Will Your Provost’s Head Explode? Are Draconian Cuts on the Way?
Even before yesterday's Meet & Discuss meeting, word had trickled out that PASSHE University's were being asked by the OOC (Office of the Chancellor) to prepare for budget scenarios that could include cuts in state appropriations as deep as 15% for the fiscal year...
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Who Guards the Guardians? Today's Pittsburgh Tribune-Review story on the spending habits of IUP's former President raises important questions about who exactly monitors the University Presidents and the upper echelons of their...
Efficiency v. capacity
I am just back from a week in California, ostensibly to attend AAUP's annual Summer Institute. While in California, one can't help but hearing about the shifts going on in higher ed there (especially with rooms full of California faculty), and begin to see trends with...
What’s FMAP, and why should you care?
Yesterday, the U.S. Senate ended its filibuster on FMAP, and Speaker Pelosi quickly announced that she would be calling the House back into session to vote on the legislation. The legislation gives $16 billion to the states to support Medicaid, and it also...
Guest Post: What is Guiding Higher Education in Pennsylvania? By Peter Pruim
What is Guiding Higher Education in Pennsylvania? During the past year the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) ordered universities in the state system to complete a review of department programs with lower numbers of majors in order to justify...
The Board of Governor’s Split Personae – IUP Style
Yesterday's Board of Governor's Meeting ended with a farcical flourish. The Board passed a resolution, complete with certificate, and standing ovations to honor Dr. Tony Atwater's contributions to IUP. Dr. Atwater, lest anyone forget, "resigned" after a...