Comments on: University Diaries has already encountered Mark Emmert… http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513 A professor of English describes university life. Aim: To change things. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:07:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Health Care. (united health care, universal health care) » Blog Archive » Leadership by Those Who "Live Insulated from the Daily Travails of Ordinary" People; the University of Washington Example http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513&cpage=1#comment-14040 Health Care. (united health care, universal health care) » Blog Archive » Leadership by Those Who "Live Insulated from the Daily Travails of Ordinary" People; the University of Washington Example Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:33:38 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513#comment-14040 [...] On the University Diaries blog, Prof Margaret Soltan picked up on an article on the privileges now given to university leaders, using the example of the President of the University of Washington (which includes a medical school, academic medical center, etc). At a time when the university budget was being cut, President Mark Emmert refused to take a voluntary cut in his greater than $900,000 total annual compensation. This included a $12,000 car allowance and free use of the university mansion. [...] [...] On the University Diaries blog, Prof Margaret Soltan picked up on an article on the privileges now given to university leaders, using the example of the President of the University of Washington (which includes a medical school, academic medical center, etc). At a time when the university budget was being cut, President Mark Emmert refused to take a voluntary cut in his greater than $900,000 total annual compensation. This included a $12,000 car allowance and free use of the university mansion. [...]

]]> By: Margaret Soltan http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513&cpage=1#comment-14012 Margaret Soltan Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:30:24 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513#comment-14012 I'm pasting this comment onto the thread for Roy Poses at Health Care Renewal. (My blog's software didn't like it for some reason.) ********************************************************** This seems to be another demonstration of the unholy alliance between high-level corporate executives, especially from the finance sector, and university managers. The "heads I win, tails, I get bailed out" (courtesy Froma Harrop: http://www.projo.com/opinion/columnists/content/CL_harrop16_09-16-09_0FFNJ2L_v15.3f88fbb.html) ethos of the finance sector seems to have infiltrated the leadership of academia. We have posted about university boards that seem more like clubs for masters of the universe here: http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-linked-parallel-declines-of.html http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/04/hedge-fund-u.html http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/04/hedge-fund-u-version-2.html Woe is us. I’m pasting this comment onto the thread for Roy Poses at Health Care Renewal. (My blog’s software didn’t like it for some reason.)

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This seems to be another demonstration of the unholy alliance between high-level corporate executives, especially from the finance sector, and university managers. The “heads I win, tails, I get bailed out” (courtesy Froma Harrop:

http://www.projo.com/opinion/columnists/content/CL_harrop16_09-16-09_0FFNJ2L_v15.3f88fbb.html) ethos of the finance sector seems to have infiltrated the leadership of academia.

We have posted about university boards that seem more like clubs for masters of the universe here:

http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2008/12/what-linked-parallel-declines-of.html

http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/04/hedge-fund-u.html

http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/2009/04/hedge-fund-u-version-2.html

Woe is us.

]]> By: Bill Gleason http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513&cpage=1#comment-13997 Bill Gleason Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:51:41 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513#comment-13997 Everything is on the table? http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=140916 March 4, 2009 Faced with massive cuts, faculty at the University of Washington had some suggestions for University President Mark Emmert at a meeting Tuesday night. "We could take half of your salary and save ten jobs. There's no reason that that should not be done," faculty member Steve Lee. Emmert says his $800,000 salary, and just about everything else, is on the table. The university faces cuts of 15 to 20 percent. The school may lay off hundreds of faculty and staff, as well as greatly reduce the number of students. Everything is on the table?

http://www.mynorthwest.com/?nid=11&sid=140916

March 4, 2009

Faced with massive cuts, faculty at the University of Washington had some suggestions for University President Mark Emmert at a meeting Tuesday night.

"We could take half of your salary and save ten jobs. There’s no reason that that should not be done," faculty member Steve Lee.

Emmert says his $800,000 salary, and just about everything else, is on the table.

The university faces cuts of 15 to 20 percent. The school may lay off hundreds of faculty and staff, as well as greatly reduce the number of students.

]]> By: david foster http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513&cpage=1#comment-13994 david foster Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:31:24 +0000 http://www.margaretsoltan.com/?p=17513#comment-13994 "When he sought the directorships, he told the Regents they would give him a greater understanding of business"...I'm a Weyerhaeuser bondholder...I would have liked to believe that WY directors *already* had a pretty good understanding of business. "When he sought the directorships, he told the Regents they would give him a greater understanding of business"…I’m a Weyerhaeuser bondholder…I would have liked to believe that WY directors *already* had a pretty good understanding of business.

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