tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257073274041195263.post4357036882991014785..comments2023-04-02T06:59:17.166-07:00Comments on Jim Rogers Nevada: Hiring A College PresidentJim Rogers Nevadahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05662016442143571584noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257073274041195263.post-21209442327676719642014-01-30T14:23:17.873-08:002014-01-30T14:23:17.873-08:00Carol Harter's academic productivity does not ...Carol Harter's academic productivity does not sustain Rogers' boasting of her capacity as a scholar let alone a philosopher. Two very short, unrecognized pedestrian and jointly authored books published by one of the field's weakest publishers and meant for middle and high school students do not constitute notable scholarship. Instead, they are cheap credentials. She authored very few essays and gained few citations to her work. Moreover, her administrative style is best depicted by a case she lost when president of SUNY Geneseo. The decision is available at http://www.reocities.com/Athens/crete/9234/ and undercuts any pretension she has as principled administrator, let alone a feminist. As president of UNLV, Harter's expulsion of Marcia Mcclure (probably the most productive scientist ever at UNLV) from UNLV further undercuts her claims as a feminist and competent administrator. Harter failed to move UNLV along. She ran the university as a political clubhouse, rewarding loyalists and punishing critics rather than recognizing merit, notably scholarship. She failed to attract outstanding personnel to the university. Smatresk was a similar sort of administrator, all hype and little delivery. If anything the momentum at the university is backwards in light of the cuts and the small amount of financial support from the university. New leadership is needed along with great support of its academic mission. That support needs to be expressed in cash. Moroever, his comments about recruitment are absurd especially as an argument for reappointing Harter. The barrier to recruiting outstanding administrators and faculty to UNLV starts with the university's poor quality, its disrespect for scholarship and the problems of Nevada itself, not least its aversion to sustaining public services, notably education. It might also be added that heavy handed private donors who wish to dominate university policy also erects a barrier to recruitment. Lamentably, someone as generous as Rogers has embarked on such an ill advised and intemperate course. He is losing much of his wonderful reputation. Still, it is for all of us to wish him a speedy recovery from his current bout with cancer and simply ignore his boorish behavior in this episode.unlvprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584631019005265243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3257073274041195263.post-75805062302737764552014-01-30T14:22:36.057-08:002014-01-30T14:22:36.057-08:00Carol Harter's academic productivity does not ...Carol Harter's academic productivity does not sustain Rogers' boasting of her capacity as a scholar let alone a philosopher. Two very short, unrecognized pedestrian and jointly authored books published by one of the field's weakest publishers and meant for middle and high school students do not constitute notable scholarship. Instead, they are cheap credentials. She authored very few essays and gained few citations to her work. Moreover, her administrative style is best depicted by a case she lost when president of SUNY Geneseo. The decision is available at http://www.reocities.com/Athens/crete/9234/ and undercuts any pretension she has as principled administrator, let alone a feminist. As president of UNLV, Harter's expulsion of Marcia Mcclure (probably the most productive scientist ever at UNLV) from UNLV further undercuts her claims as a feminist and competent administrator. Harter failed to move UNLV along. She ran the university as a political clubhouse, rewarding loyalists and punishing critics rather than recognizing merit, notably scholarship. She failed to attract outstanding personnel to the university. Smatresk was a similar sort of administrator, all hype and little delivery. If anything the momentum at the university is backwards in light of the cuts and the small amount of financial support from the university. New leadership is needed along with great support of its academic mission. That support needs to be expressed in cash. Moroever, his comments about recruitment are absurd especially as an argument for reappointing Harter. The barrier to recruiting outstanding administrators and faculty to UNLV starts with the university's poor quality, its disrespect for scholarship and the problems of Nevada itself, not least its aversion to sustaining public services, notably education. It might also be added that heavy handed private donors who wish to dominate university policy also erects a barrier to recruitment. Lamentably, someone as generous as Rogers has embarked on such an ill advised and intemperate course. He is losing much of his wonderful reputation. Still, it is for all of us to wish him a speedy recovery from his current bout with cancer and simply ignore his boorish behavior in this episode.unlvprofhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584631019005265243noreply@blogger.com