--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "markmeredith2002" [...] > Bevan never ran the university on a day to day practical level.
Exactly the opposite of Rick's claim that he micromanages. He's > hardly been there the past 20 yrs, except periodically to fire people > not deemed loyal and generally keep up the fear and cult atmosphere. Rick says he's in constant contact, but he agrees with you about the fearthing. > Before his leadership the university was an intellectually and > spiritually exciting place. It's been in decline ever since. > SIgh. MIU was founded in 1971 and moved to Fairfieldin 1974. It gained accreditation candadacy in 1975, and was fully accredited the year Bevan moved to Fairfield as its President in 1980. In other words, Bevan has been its President since it offered accredited degree programs (since its been a real university). > Getting purusha to take out student loans in the 80s saved the place > financially then, and whoever came up with the idea of importing > african students as a way for them to visas as computer programmers is > keeping it afloat now. Of course donations still come in for building > projects because that gets points with MMY, not because of bevan. What does that have to do with running the university? No > way it could survive by attracting and keeping normal western > students, the atmosphere is just too culty and the academics too weak, > that's all bevan's doing. Why do you consider the academics weak? > > What specific project has bevan ever led that has been successful? Other than MUM for the past 25+ years, you mean? In > reality I mean, not in fancy talks and brochures, or in tmo press > releases or internal conferences. My experience in the tmo was that > things got accomplished by the talented and devoted foot soldiers > despite the efforts of people like bevan, not due to them. > That might be the case, but given how inaccurate your implicit history of MUM has been, I'd take your concusions with a few tons of rocksalt. > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
