General category for self education and gaining an education by going to some school or trade school.
Reported to us is this situation at one state university campus known for its koi and roses. The president of the university has a vision, which appears well thought out and probably does properly serve the customer. Part of the problem is this; the focus is lost. Allegedly there is a large turn over of managers at various levels for a variety of reasons. One reason is the hiring practices are manual meaning that no Internet or e-mail processing is…
Sent by the university president’s office by e-mail: Good Morning, Could you please let me know if you plan to attend the retirement dinner on Thursday, May 24? Whether you plan to attend or not please RSVP by responding to this email as we are trying to finalize our count. Thank you and Congratulations on your retirement! Office of the President My reply: A faculty member friend came to me and suggested that I retire before the university moved our…
State educational institutions typically under perform private institutions for attracting top students and gaining financial endowments for a number of reasons. For proof of this allegation, one only needs to look at the college and university rankings offered by some of the major news and business magazines. This division of performance, or stated differently, making a longer continuum ruler of differences, perpetuates the current society condition of the rich getting more and the have not categories of our society never…
In the April 30th issue of Newsweek in the article devoted to “Making of a Massacre” numerous examples were made describing not one but just about all of the bureaucratic offices could not effectively communicating with one another. For anyone that has worked for a college or university it just might not surprise that body of people. The reason? Colleges and universities are based upon the military model of leadership. It is top down command. Lateral communication is possible but…
The state of California campus systems have job position guidelines. HR units on each campus will use those to set campus standards for hiring and for job evaluations, called desk audits. One staff member thought he qualified for being a TV Engineer. He currently held the position of Equipment Technician III. He was told by HR that only one TV Engineer was allowed on any state campus. That is in the state documents. The bad: after he retired, he found…
The bad: allegedly a staff member was brought up on charges of assaulting another staff member. The good: During the legal proceedings, allegedly, the attorney for the university discovered that the work unit administrator was so allegedly deficient that the campus had to pay a very large settlement to the very employee that they wanted to punish. That employee, it is rumored, took that money and became a very successful day trader.
