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Lone UW president finalist withdraws from consideration (Original Post) Ellipsis Jun 2020 OP
wonder what the hell is going on there.... dhill926 Jun 2020 #1
Can't say for sure. but I guess he's known to be a head chopper... Ellipsis Jun 2020 #2
ah ok...makes sense... dhill926 Jun 2020 #3
Bit more quaint Jun 2020 #4
Hearing from Staff.... ewagner Jun 2020 #5
This is a pattern across the country ladym55 Jun 2020 #6

Ellipsis

(9,112 posts)
2. Can't say for sure. but I guess he's known to be a head chopper...
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:06 PM
Jun 2020

program elimination etc.

There was push back from existing campus profs across the 17 campus system especially since he was the only candidate chosen.

quaint

(2,494 posts)
4. Bit more
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 02:31 PM
Jun 2020
Earlier this month the search committee announced Johnsen had emerged as the only finalist. The other would-be finalists all withdrew from the running out of concern about being publicly named as a finalist during the coronavirus pandemic.

That announcement drew immediate criticism from faculty, staff and students who complained that they had no representatives on the search committee. They also pointed out Johnsen had received two no-confidence votes from Alaska faculty in 2017 and 2019 over proposals to consolidate programs and combine the three-university Alaska system into a single accredited institution to absorb budget cuts.

Hundreds of UW alumni, students, faculty and staff signed a petition demanding regents resume the search. Associated Students of Madison, the student governance group at UW-Madison, the system’s flagship school, said in a statement that it doesn’t support Johnsen.

But Regent Michael Grebe, chairman of the search committee, said a re-start could cost UW six months and Johnsen was the committee’s top pick anyway. The committee had been set to meet Friday afternoon to make a recommendation to regents to hire him.

UW Board of Regents President Andrew Petersen, who served on the search committee, noted Johnsen was the panel’s unanimous choice as the best candidate. He called Johnsen’s decision “disappointing, a dark day for the UW System.”

story

ewagner

(18,964 posts)
5. Hearing from Staff....
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 09:27 AM
Jun 2020

first...cheers that this particular candidate withdrew...

and

some hope that the search committee will be expanded to include staff and some student representation.

ladym55

(2,577 posts)
6. This is a pattern across the country
Sat Jun 13, 2020, 12:27 PM
Jun 2020

Top secret searches using private search firms to select university presidents. The search committees do not include faculty, students, or other important stakeholders. I live in NE Ohio, and recent searches for local state universities have been cloaked in secrecy and have often chosen less than stellar leaders.

I hope UW does a better job with its next search. The main stakeholders need a voice.

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