That's just it. The Georgia Board of Regents, the highest ruling body overseeing all colleges and universities (the USG has reps from all 27 colleges and universities which are tenured faculty members elected by their peers), are all political appointees of the governor (just guess what party that would be...) and tend to be party big-wi…
That's just it. The Georgia Board of Regents, the highest ruling body overseeing all colleges and universities (the USG has reps from all 27 colleges and universities which are tenured faculty members elected by their peers), are all political appointees of the governor (just guess what party that would be...) and tend to be party big-wigs and donors. Most of them haven't set foot inside a classroom since they were in school (undoubtedly on daddy's dime...), so know bugger all about education. However, one of their main jobs is to allocate funding and occasionally they'll wade into issues like this tenure review kerfuffle. As I've said elsewhere, don't get me started on the myriad problems and injustices in higher education, but let's just say it starts at the very top with WAY too many "Vice-Presidents-in-Charge-of-__________", usually pulling in 6-figure salaries, and who are about as far removed from actual education as can be imagined. They're there to "develop", to go out and track down donors, to oversee investments, and to ensure the school is making as much money as possible. Most administrative staffs now aren't about teaching. It's about running the "business". But hey, what else should one expect from a country that thrives on totally over-the-top, unbridled, hyperactive capitalism??
That's just it. The Georgia Board of Regents, the highest ruling body overseeing all colleges and universities (the USG has reps from all 27 colleges and universities which are tenured faculty members elected by their peers), are all political appointees of the governor (just guess what party that would be...) and tend to be party big-wigs and donors. Most of them haven't set foot inside a classroom since they were in school (undoubtedly on daddy's dime...), so know bugger all about education. However, one of their main jobs is to allocate funding and occasionally they'll wade into issues like this tenure review kerfuffle. As I've said elsewhere, don't get me started on the myriad problems and injustices in higher education, but let's just say it starts at the very top with WAY too many "Vice-Presidents-in-Charge-of-__________", usually pulling in 6-figure salaries, and who are about as far removed from actual education as can be imagined. They're there to "develop", to go out and track down donors, to oversee investments, and to ensure the school is making as much money as possible. Most administrative staffs now aren't about teaching. It's about running the "business". But hey, what else should one expect from a country that thrives on totally over-the-top, unbridled, hyperactive capitalism??