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Post by BeatBC on Jun 6, 2019 8:10:02 GMT -5
....bureaucratically. Apparently Georgetown is a diversity hellhole no matter how much money they throw at the "problem". Not throwing stones, though, because I have no doubt our administration is approvingly taking notes.... The College Bureaucracy That Never Shrinks
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Post by sader1970 on Jun 6, 2019 10:18:27 GMT -5
While the thrust of the article seems to be to attack the focus on colleges' and universities diversity emphasis, the article lays out some good examples of excessive bureaucratic growth.
About 3-5 years ago, I was on campus for an event in which I spoke to the VP of Finance (or some such title) who had made a speech about how HC was focusing on curtailing staffing increases. I believe this was about the time that they sweetened the pot to let some faculty retire early (a "retirement window" we used to call it in the business world). After her speech, I asked her about what seemed to be significant growth in the Athletic Department after Nate's hiring. It was a one-on-one conversation and she looked me in the eye and responded with noticeable disapproval in her voice: "yes, that's the one significant exception."
Subsequently, we hired a VP of image (he has a much nicer title), Dan Kim. How has that worked out? I won't bore you with the litany of high profile, negative stories we've discussed ad nauseam.
We've hired officers in charge of relations with Worcester. Are those relations significantly better now that we have someone in charge of that?
We've got an investment guy who makes a half million dollars a year and while I am no expert, it seems those who know a lot more than me think our endowment is growing, at best, average.
So, yeah, as an alum of Holy Cross, I feel I would be living in a glass house before I would throw rocks at GU.
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Post by purplehaze on Jun 6, 2019 10:52:31 GMT -5
Heather MacDonald has it right, imo. check out her other published works.
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Post by longsuffering on Jun 6, 2019 20:31:33 GMT -5
I heard that lady who is probably the CFO speak also. Sounded level headed and realistic. It was at a volunteer event shortly after Dan Kim was hired and I toured the new retreat center with Dan. I started to feel protective of him because the approach from Administration seemed to be that any problem HC had, Dan would cure by putting the proper spin on it. He looked worried every time Fr. B praised his (second?) coming.
I appreciate the woman's candor regarding excessive hiring in Athletic Operations. The website isn't even always that timely despite significant hiring. And regarding the investment return on the HC endowment, haven't given it any thought but suspect that if it was excellent you would not be able to stop the press releases and emails to Alumni bragging about it.
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Post by hcgrad94 on Jun 6, 2019 21:15:51 GMT -5
While the thrust of the article seems to be to attack the focus on colleges' and universities diversity emphasis, the article lays out some good examples of excessive bureaucratic growth. About 3-5 years ago, I was on campus for an event in which I spoke to the VP of Finance (or some such title) who had made a speech about how HC was focusing on curtailing staffing increases. I believe this was about the time that they sweetened the pot to let some faculty retire early (a "retirement window" we used to call it in the business world). After her speech, I asked her about what seemed to be significant growth in the Athletic Department after Nate's hiring. It was a one-on-one conversation and she looked me in the eye and responded with noticeable disapproval in her voice: "yes, that's the one significant exception." Subsequently, we hired a VP of image (he has a much nicer title), Dan Kim. How has that worked out? I won't bore you with the litany of high profile, negative stories we've discussed ad nauseam. We've hired officers in charge of relations with Worcester. Are those relations significantly better now that we have someone in charge of that? We've got an investment guy who makes a half million dollars a year and while I am no expert, it seems those who know a lot more than me think our endowment is growing, at best, average. So, yeah, as an alum of Holy Cross, I feel I would be living in a glass house before I would throw rocks at GU. "While I am no expert..." Truer words have never been spoken.
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