It was an interesting article. I've heard the Chancellor interviewed here on TV and radio a fair amount following the UC Davis debacle, and she comes across to me anyway as genuinely concerned about this, beyond just saying the right things. Seems like a decent enough soul in the middle of a very ugly situation.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" <raunchydog@...> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Tom Pall <thomas.pall@> wrote: > > > > On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 8:03 PM, raunchydog <raunchydog@> wrote: > > > > > Thanks to the EU, bankers, and UC Davis chancellor Linda Katehi, > > > university freedom for Greece's students has taken a huge, dark step > > > backwards." > > > > > > > > UC Davis' Affirmative Action Chancellor. There was a time in a universe > > far away where people had to be qualified to hold a position other than by > > quota. > > > > So it's all about a bug about blacks and women, again. Sounds familiar, Tom. > Moaning about the excesses of affirmative action is such an old saw. What's > up with that? Are you concerned that some poor pissed upon white guy who > usually gets a leg up from *his* good old boy affirmative action network > might not be able to compete on a level playing field with a person with > equal qualifications from an underrepresented group? Do you think there are > so many job openings for chancellor of a university that Katehi's appointment > simply fulfilled a quota? > > Katehi isn't a lightweight who didn't earn or deserve her position as > chancellor of UC Davis. Her curriculum vitae could compete with any man for > the job she holds. > http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/about/index.html > > But that's not the point of the article, is it? >
