The first of two finalists for Chicago State University’s top job faced students, faculty and other community members today as students wore shirts that proclaimed her a “lousy candidate.”Old story actually but...WOW!
“We spent $75,000 on a president search & all we got were two lousy candidates,” read the green shirts, worn by dozens of Chicago State students during the visit from Carol Adams, secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services.
Wayne Watson, the retiring chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, will visit the South Side campus Tuesday for a similar day of Q&A meetings with campus groups, including deans, faculty, students, civil service employees, and members of the presidential search advisory committee.
Critics have called Adams and Watson local political insiders and have questioned why a national search didn’t yield a broader selection of finalists. Chicago State paid The Hollins Group, an executive recruiting firm in Chicago, $75,000 to help with the search.
Advisory committee members and others also have criticized the trustees for not having a more open search process. Committee members said there were about 35 applicants for the job, and that the trustees and a search firm narrowed them to 12.
Dispatches from Chicago's south side.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Chicago State president finalist faces student criticism
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Who wants to manage a school shrouded with ties to
ReplyDelete1. Blago
2. The previous, last President was sent to prison, Cross
3. The latest, last president branded with embezzlement, Daniels
4. Most of the "35" applicants were ex-faculty/students who were related to committee members, who were ready to get a raise if their family came aboard.
They're so corrupt, do we even care about them being outraged? Close that place down and spare us the tax increase.