SEAS Faculty Have No Confidence in Their Dean

broken_symlink
Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:34:22 +0000

I don’t know about MIT or UIUC, but as someone who came here from a small LAC, it really is very different.

I think one of the comments on bwog got it right:

“Columbia has become a fundraising institution above all. Above the core, above education, above faculty, and most importantly above the students. We have to promote academic pursuits beyond those that bring money and stop looking at dollar signs in everything that gets done. Once you stop caring about the people in the institution then no money in the world can cover up the unsatisfactory conditions that some of the departments at this school are being kept in. Leadership is about leading by example and looking for the best results, but if this money hungry environment continues then how can we expect to provide generous financial aid packages and promote education around the world. In keeping with the values of the school, there has to be greater transparency in the upper levels of administration and there has to be honesty in the goals that are set forth.”