On Fri, 15 Mar 2013 04:48:51 -0700, Paul C Bernhardt wrote:
Apparently for 'corporatization' of the university? I'm confused on the issues here. Mike? http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/knives_of_march_WubIVefIRtS9aFhlHb7NIP
Every couple of decades NYU finds itself in some sort of crisis. This has been true since the university's founding in 1831, it's near bankruptcy in 1880s, it's money problems in the later 1960s which forced it to sell its Bronx campus to CUNY (now Bronx Community College), and recent problems with the economic downturn, problems with opening campuses around the world, and problems in expanding around the Washington Square Campus. Though I do find the NY Post useful for some things (like lining the bottom of birdcages), I don't usually rely upon it for news (though they do have the snappy headlines from time to time like "Headless Body Found in Topless Joint"), so I suggest that you get the story elsewhere like the following: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/nyregion/john-sexton-is-tested-by-nyu-faculty.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 A couple of things to remember: NYU is composed of about 14 units (I lose count and don't know whether the new foreign units should be included in the count) but only the faculty of the School of Arts and Science (combined undergraduate and graduate) is holding the no confidence vote. As mentioned in the NY Times article, Tony Movshon, who people in perception may know because of his work in vision research, is supporting Sexton and Tony has a lot of influence. The board of trustees also support Sexton which has lead many at NYU wondering what's the point outside of publicizing the problems. Then again, there may be a lot of people who think that following Bluto Blutarsky's advice is worthwhile in this situation (for those of you who are unfamiliar with the movie "Animal House", see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077975/quotes?ref_=tt_trv_qu and search for "Pearl Harbor", about half way down the page). -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=24357 or send a blank email to leave-24357-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
