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Post by LaSallePal on Apr 1, 2021 21:07:08 GMT -5
You'll note a few things here. He's basically the ideal academic-private industry guy. Same deal: Pradeep Khosla at UC San Diego.
I'd be on board with this hypothetically, or would have been a few years ago... he's 77 now. Yes, but tell me how he became President? He got experience, just like she did. Your basic premise is pure bullshit, because if that was the case, a Canadian couldn't run an American company or, A Brit couldn't, or... A university is a university. Each one is different, but it's not some unique thing to run an American university because you're from another country. You have this cockamamie view, but it's an opinion. And talk about twisting words. Any President surrounds themselves with people that add skills and expertise, because no one is strong in every area. If you don't recognize that I don't know what to say. According to his CV, which you can find at the link I'll leave at the end of this post, he first gained employment at an American university in 1991 as an assistant/associate professor of anatomy at UC San Francisco, a university which has zero undergraduates and which is primarily dedicated to life sciences and the research thereof. Then he moved to Stanford in a lagely similar capacity. He then worked at Genentech, a corporation focused on life sciences as a senior VP focused on research. He then worked as a president at Rockefeller University, a university which has no undergraduates and which is focused on life sciences research. Rockefeller is one of the American universities most like a European research institute, primarily because it was modeled on them. He now finds himself president at Stanford because of... his experience in research, his experience with academia and the ability to be a public link to the private sector players like Genentech, located 25 miles away from the campus of Stanford. While Stanford does have undergraduates, it also has a research budget of over a billion dollars, good for 10th nationally. When you consider the institutional priorities of Stanford, he's a great fit - and Stanford didn't have to do any visa paperwork. The last time he did notable work outside the United States was 1987.
None of this is inconsistent with what I've said, but I'm glad we're comparing Stanford to La Salle.
At no point did I say a non-American can't work in an American company, or even as the head of an American, or that a non-American can't work as a professor at a university in the United States, or even that a non-American cannot be a president of an American university competently. I do not understand why this is so hard to comprehend for you and Joe. I did say that if you're hiring someone unconventional, which Tessier-Lavigne definitely is, they better bring something worthwhile to the table, which Tessier-Lavigne definitely does. And despite all that, he spent time working in American higher education and getting familiar with the culture and its external private industry equivalent. How many basketball coaches go straight from high school to NCAA D1 head coach? How many football coaches make the leap from the CFL directly to NFL head coach?
And yes, presidents have people who fill in their knowledge gaps, but that is strongly understating what I meant and you know it. You bet your ass Tessier-Lavigne has guys on board filling in his knowledge gaps, but even if he blows $5m on those people it's 0.0008% of the Stanford budget. At La Salle, $1.5m is a full percent of the budget. Or maybe you're the kind of guy who pays $200 for an oil change at the dealership because it's easier. Either way, it's more prudent to hire people with more competencies and cultural knowledge.
Anyway, please tell me how University College London's college football team did this year, and their budget, and how the alumni-Greek life network was so powerful that it forced the NCAA to restore over 100 wins to a football coach that may have harbored a pedophile. Oh wait, that was Michigan State. Oh wait, that was Penn State, Michigan State was the school that harbored a different pedophile in a different sport. Tell me the Canadian analogues to this kind of institutional power structure that exists beyond the institution at Canadian universities. Show me the Canadian towns that are sustained by their giant universities.
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Post by diehardexplorer on Apr 2, 2021 7:45:34 GMT -5
#1, it's nonsensical. no dash in there. International spelling. you're so clever.  |
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Post by louth on Apr 3, 2021 0:13:57 GMT -5
I would put a full court press on Tim Trainor at Mount St Mary’s. He has put that school in a much higher status rating than La Salle. Their sports programs, see men’s and women’s team in NCAA tournament this year and in previous years. The school also has exceede their enrollment goals significantly and are building new buildings and adding new, pertinent academic programs. All in the middle of nowheresville,MD.
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Post by 23won on Apr 3, 2021 6:37:33 GMT -5
I would put a full court press on Tim Trainor at Mount St Mary’s. He has put that school in a much higher status rating than La Salle. Their sports programs, see men’s and women’s team in NCAA tournament this year and in previous years. The school also has exceede their enrollment goals significantly and are building new buildings and adding new, pertinent academic programs. All in the middle of nowheresville,MD. I have supported this in past posts. Great experience in academia, disciplined, built enrollment well with a regional focus and now has proven turnaround skills. Looking at our finances and enrollment trends, we need someone with these skills, especially the turnaround part. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 3, 2021 7:10:15 GMT -5
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 15, 2021 13:21:16 GMT -5
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 15, 2021 15:00:39 GMT -5
I don’t take opinions from Wordpress.com sites.
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Post by gymrat67 on Apr 15, 2021 19:47:17 GMT -5
This La Salle Collegian Editorial Board Opinion strikes me as being incredibly naive and ill-informed. The current dire financial problems and anemic Endowment the University is experiencing today are IMO largely attributable to the more than 20 years of passive, conservative, reactive ' caretaker ' Christian Brothers Presidents from 2015 going back to when Bro. Patrick Ellis stepped down in 1992. " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it " - George Santayana : ' Reason in Common Sense ' ( 1905 ). |
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Post by calsufan on Apr 15, 2021 20:32:19 GMT -5
This La Salle Collegian Editorial Board Opinion strikes me as being incredibly naive and ill-informed. The current dire financial problems and anemic Endowment the University is experiencing today are IMO largely attributable to the more than 20 years of passive, conservative, reactive ' caretaker ' Christian Brothers Presidents from 2015 going back to when Bro. Patrick Ellis stepped down in 1992. " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it " - George Santayana : ' Reason in Common Sense ' ( 1905 ). Absolutely right. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 15, 2021 20:55:38 GMT -5
This La Salle Collegian Editorial Board Opinion strikes me as being incredibly naive and ill-informed. The current dire financial problems and anemic Endowment the University is experiencing today are IMO largely attributable to the more than 20 years of passive, conservative, reactive ' caretaker ' Christian Brothers Presidents from 2015 going back to when Bro. Patrick Ellis stepped down in 1992. " Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it " - George Santayana : ' Reason in Common Sense ' ( 1905 ). This is why I assume they are not on the search committee  |
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Post by hoopsguest on Apr 15, 2021 21:38:59 GMT -5
My guess is that students don’t understand the role of president. And I probably didn’t either when I was twenty. They see it similar to the role of their HS principal.
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Post by belfieldhappyhour on Apr 16, 2021 19:09:47 GMT -5
Can I ask what seems like an obvious question that no one is talking about? Is there any movement on finding Colleen's replacement? Someone mentioned we may have an interim next year (school calendar wise anyway), and I find that unacceptable. I know finding a new President is a big deal, but she announced she was leaving on Jan. 11.
Is there a search committee? Have there been interviews? I know there have been names mentioned in this thread, but I don't feel like re-reading 11 pages to find these answers.
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Post by explorerman on Apr 16, 2021 21:10:54 GMT -5
Can I ask what seems like an obvious question that no one is talking about? Is there any movement on finding Colleen's replacement? Someone mentioned we may have an interim next year (school calendar wise anyway), and I find that unacceptable. I know finding a new President is a big deal, but she announced she was leaving on Jan. 11. Is there a search committee? Have there been interviews? I know there have been names mentioned in this thread, but I don't feel like re-reading 11 pages to find these answers. Yes the Board, and specifically a BoT sub-committee, started and are running a process since the beginning of the year.. |
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Post by big5explorer on Apr 18, 2021 8:01:33 GMT -5
So if you think our board made a mistake how dumb must Xavier be for bailing us out to their own detriment? I've wondered about this, actually. Trying to be a bit positive here....what were the positive things Hanycz did at La Salle that might have Xavier thinking she was the best candidate for the job? |
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Post by 23won on Apr 18, 2021 8:05:56 GMT -5
Moving around Adirondack chairs.
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Post by big5explorer on Apr 18, 2021 8:07:11 GMT -5
Agreed. If "friendly face on campus" was a qualification in any meaningful way, Shaky Pete would have replaced Brother Pat. |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Apr 18, 2021 8:46:08 GMT -5
So if you think our board made a mistake how dumb must Xavier be for bailing us out to their own detriment? I've wondered about this, actually. Trying to be a bit positive here....what were the positive things Hanycz did at La Salle that might have Xavier thinking she was the best candidate for the job? Maybe Xavier wants dogs in dorms |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Apr 18, 2021 8:47:29 GMT -5
So if you think our board made a mistake how dumb must Xavier be for bailing us out to their own detriment? I've wondered about this, actually. Trying to be a bit positive here....what were the positive things Hanycz did at La Salle that might have Xavier thinking she was the best candidate for the job? La Salle did, for a period, see a good increase in admissions. That was halted and we’ve disagreed as to why, but that bump does exist. |
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Post by gymrat67 on Apr 18, 2021 12:17:56 GMT -5
Moving around Adirondack chairs. 23won : + 2 ( extra credit ) |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 20, 2023 16:26:19 GMT -5
And Colleen did such a shitty job that she was hired by a bigger school for a bunch more money. Well you got half of this right. Definitely a bigger school (undergrad enrollment of 4860 in October 2022), but the public data shows less money. According to the 990 released recently for her first year of employment, it looks like total comp was $323K for 10 months in her first year at Xavier (extrapolated to a full year that makes a salary of about $387K). According to the Schedule J , the base salary was $247K for those 10 months. Maybe the rest of the comp was a sign-on or move bonus. In her last full year at La Salle, her compensation was $716K ( Link). Why abandon ship for less money? On a basketball note, their head coach had total comp of $1.8M (base of $438K but "other comp" pushed it up), and an assistant made $282K (base of $260K). |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jul 20, 2023 17:49:39 GMT -5
Can you answer me why her salary rose from 457 to 471 to 497 to 715? You’re on some boards. Seems like she had an escalator clause. Must have a great agent.
Just saw she took Huggins to task. Missed that. Good for her.
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Post by hoopsguest on Jul 20, 2023 18:45:56 GMT -5
Can you answer me why her salary rose from 457 to 471 to 497 to 715? You’re on some boards. Seems like she had an escalator clause. Must have a great agent. Just saw she took Huggins to task. Missed that. Good for her. Considering Xavier hired Sean Miller after all his controversy, she should keep quiet when it comes to morality and coaching |
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 20, 2023 19:55:20 GMT -5
Can you answer me why her salary rose from 457 to 471 to 497 to 715? You’re on some boards. Seems like she had an escalator clause. Must have a great agent. Just saw she took Huggins to task. Missed that. Good for her. You left out the 402 in her first year... Our BoT had zero experience negotiating salary for a President. Zero. The Christian Brothers were not paid a salary. To my knowledge, she was the first paid (non-interim) President of the University (McGinniss had a nominal $10K or something in the tax filings). And let's face it...the BoT were not rocket scientists when it came to any salary negotiations and fiscal responsibility. We paid G $1.5M over 3 years after he was fired. Now...she also had incentive clauses based on enrollment. What's a good way to boost enrollment? Hmmm...maybe lower tuition and admissions standards. That drove freshman enrollment up (documented here previously), but long-term those students weren't retained and it lowered operating revenue. The 715 was FY2021 - AFTER our BoT renewed her contract (which to this day anyone who analyzed the numbers doesn't understand) . I think she had them over a barrel, and I'm not sure how thoroughly the BoT dove into the numbers that were posted on here about endowment, revenue, and expenses....or did comparators to other schools. So the answer to your question - BoT incompetence...or inexperience...or both. |
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jul 20, 2023 20:11:55 GMT -5
But nah all her fault ⬆️
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on Jul 20, 2023 20:28:37 GMT -5
The financial and enrollment declines...yes. Renewing the contract and raising the salary - no. that falls on the BoT. The point is, you postulated when she left that it was for more money. Clearly it wasn't, based on the publicly available tax filings. Which leads one to wonder...why leave? Heading for the hills before the crap hits the fan and the house of cards crumbles as the data becomes public? Cincy more fun than Philly? We can only speculate... |
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Post by MisterD on Jul 20, 2023 21:08:50 GMT -5
Again, knowing what happened during her tenure here, I don’t think anyone should feel comfortable speculating on why she left.
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Post by JoeFedorowicz on Jul 21, 2023 5:40:57 GMT -5
The financial and enrollment declines...yes. I know for a fact that there were changes she wanted to make that the BoT put a stop to, so let’s call it an incomplete. We don’t need to do this anymore. |
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Post by calsufan on Jul 21, 2023 9:52:04 GMT -5
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Post by GlitterBro #2 on May 20, 2024 12:34:04 GMT -5
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA XU Addresses $16M Budget Deficitxaviernewswire.com/2024/02/23/xu-addresses-16m-budget-deficit/Xavier administration has launched the Sustaining Excellence project, where the consulting firm McKinsey & Company will conduct an eight-week investigation into the university’s performance.This will inform the university’s response to its $16 million budget deficit.For comparison (from public tax filings), Xavier operated $20M in the black in 2021, the year before she arrived. Interesting that they've targeted the custodial staff....same playbook formulated at La Salle: xaviernewswire.com/2023/11/15/front-campus-cleaning-services-rolled-back/With respect to changes seen as a result of this initiative, Chatterjee suggested that it is telling of the university’s priorities during a time of financial uncertainty.
“Within postcolonial literature, management of garbage has everything to do with societal priorities and commitments. Indeed, lack of cleanliness infrastructures have often signaled a coming of crisis — a sign of social and political brittleness. In a similar vein, at an institutional level, when trash becomes visible it appears to portend a certain crisis that is yet to come,” she said. |
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Post by explorer88 on May 20, 2024 12:42:07 GMT -5
Unbelievable.
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