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4 months ago 12/29/2023 1:33pm EST

It seems to me that the accusations of Plagiarism were there waiting to be enacted before Dr Gay finished her testimony. Is it unfeasible to question whether the selection committee asked themselves "what do we have on her to keep her under control?" before they hired her. Then only consider making offers to candidates (such as Dr Gay) that could be controlled; reject candidates that might have been impeccably qualified bun the committee had nothing on those candidates? Have you seen that in the corporate world ? Good, smart business? Leadership gone wild.

This is reminiscent of the Tom Cruise movie "The Firm". The mob? Are there any business cases on great leadership inspired by the mob?

4 months ago 12/29/2023 3:30pm EST

re: mobe

i think you lot are deeply confused thinking ivies are run by liberals and not milquetoast moderates trying to make everyone happy. i also think most ivies are not going to run their internal machinery at the control and timing of the right wing mob. they will look into issues at their own speed, with due process, if someone complains. they may also choose to quietly let ms. gay go end of her contract.

to be fair, Penn's president quit, but now every time a supposedly dignified and thoughtful ivy faces some other issue, there will be pressure to let the mob run the school again. and if the mob that barely believes in degrees is dictating decisions at penn, it will soon suck.

4 months ago 12/29/2023 3:34pm EST

re: VIT

I went to Wharton 10 years ago and it was relatively woke even then. It's gone off the deep end since early 2020 since the new dean is a diversity hire

4 months ago 12/29/2023 3:46pm EST

re: VIT

VIT wrote:
i think you lot are deeply confused thinking ivies are run by liberals and not milquetoast moderates trying to make everyone happy. i also think most ivies are not going to run their internal machinery at the control and timing of the right wing mob. they will look into issues at their own speed, with due process, if someone complains. they may also choose to quietly let ms. gay go end of her contract.
to be fair, Penn's president quit, but now every time a supposedly dignified and thoughtful ivy faces some other issue, there will be pressure to let the mob run the school again. and if the mob that barely believes in degrees is dictating decisions at penn, it will soon suck.

Run by uber rich donors who just happen to love Israel.

4 months ago 12/29/2023 8:37pm EST

re: Newname

Newname wrote:
VIT wrote:
i think you lot are deeply confused thinking ivies are run by liberals and not milquetoast moderates trying to make everyone happy. i also think most ivies are not going to run their internal machinery at the control and timing of the right wing mob. they will look into issues at their own speed, with due process, if someone complains. they may also choose to quietly let ms. gay go end of her contract.
to be fair, Penn's president quit, but now every time a supposedly dignified and thoughtful ivy faces some other issue, there will be pressure to let the mob run the school again. and if the mob that barely believes in degrees is dictating decisions at penn, it will soon suck.
Run by uber rich donors who just happen to love Israel.

beggars can't be choosers.

4 months ago 12/29/2023 9:38pm EST

re: VIT

Universities, like most arts institutions, are run by the big money donors. Anything they want gets done. Anything they highly dislike is gone. The present circumstances are clear evidence of all this.