http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/education/university-of-iowa/2015/09/02/ui-survey-harreld-viewed-least-qualified-ui-finalist/71581184/
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 8:18 AM, Louis Proyect <[email protected]> wrote: > (Why not just make the U. of Iowa a wholly owned subsidiary of IBM?) > > Come November, the University of Iowa will have a businessman with > little experience in academe at its helm -- and many faculty members and > others in Iowa City aren’t happy about it. > > The Iowa Board of Regents on Thursday unanimously appointed former IBM > senior vice president Bruce Harreld as Iowa’s next president, despite > outspoken criticism of Harreld as lacking the necessary qualifications > to lead a university. > > Harreld was one of four publicly announced finalists for the position > and the only one without experience in higher education administration. > He is a consultant who formerly worked as an executive at IBM, Kraft > General Foods and Boston Market Company restaurants. His higher > education experience is limited to eight years as an adjunct business > professor at Harvard University and Northwestern University. > > full: > > https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/09/04/appointment-businessman-bruce-harreld-next-u-iowa-president-upsets-faculty > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l >
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