zip-O-matic Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 I don't mind negative press. It holds the university accountable. I think UA would be in a lot better shape had the ABJ taken this line during the Proenza regime rather than just parroting his grandiose vision. Had they been willing to dig into and publicize possible long term financial risks from all the debt he was loading up, it may have caused him to pause before green lighting some of these projects and UA wouldn't be trying dig itself out of the hole he dug with his golden shovel. Perhaps they realize their mistake, and this is a bit of overcompensating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted August 8, 2015 Report Share Posted August 8, 2015 Encouraging people not to ridicule something in a forum where people regularly vent their spleens on just about any subject is like trying to talk Donald Trump down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jupitertoo Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 His next move might have to be dismissing this gentleman.http://www.thedevilstrip.com/home/mr-todds-wild-ride-why-cant-uas-new-vice-provost-keep-his-resume-straight/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 It's hard to casually dismiss well-documented, scholarly critiques. Chris Horne's investigative process confirms some things I found in my informal internet research, but is much more thorough and deeper than mine. I wonder if UA will add a rebuttal to this in their new Just The Facts section? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bengalboardgg Posted August 11, 2015 Report Share Posted August 11, 2015 Scarborough's next move will be to put his athletic department back together. I heard that a five more people left the department today over the current issues. Some voluntary, others were let go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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K92 Posted August 12, 2015 Report Share Posted August 12, 2015 Not sure this belongs here but. . .http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/08/university_of_akron_officials.html#incart_m-rpt-1http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/university-of-akron-says-mistakes-were-made-officials-promise-better-communication-1.615513More great press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 Not sure this belongs here but. . .http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/08/university_of_akron_officials.html#incart_m-rpt-1http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/university-of-akron-says-mistakes-were-made-officials-promise-better-communication-1.615513More great press. "Let Them Eat Olives" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip-O-matic Posted August 13, 2015 Report Share Posted August 13, 2015 The University of Akron's commandant of the Corps of Cadets and director of the Leadership Academy will earn $100,000 a year.http://www.cleveland.com/metro/index.ssf/2015/08/university_of_akrons_director.html#incart_riverI, for one, will welcome our new Golden Flash overlords when this is all done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balsy Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 The University of Akron's commandant of the Corps of Cadets and director of the Leadership Academy will earn $100,000 a year.Wow, what a joke. I would love to hear a justification for this salary, espeically considering 200+ positions were just eliminated. I guarantee of those 200+ positions eliminated, the $100,000 salary of the "Commandant" could be used for 2 positions that more directly affect the students. (3 if you were to use some of UA's plans to hire full-time faculty for $32,000 a year). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g-mann17 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2015/08/lebron_james_university_of_akr.html#incart_m-rpt-1http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/university-of-akron-to-rename-college-of-education-after-lebron-james-foundation-1.616118So here's his next move. Since nobody wants to discuss anything positive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 LeBron James, University of Akron pave way for college scholarships for inner-city children... On Thursday, James announced a partnership between his foundation, the university, and JPMorgan Chase in which any child under James' mentorship who graduates from Akron Public Schools and meets yet-to-be-determined testing, attendance, and community-service criteria would receive a free ride to the University of Akron.The scholarships, paid for by the university, will cover tuition and Akron's general services fee -- currently worth about $9,500 a year. ...... The university will immediately rename its education department the LeBron James Family Foundation College of Education – likely the first time a college of education has been renamed after an athlete, according to officials from Akron and James' foundation.Also, for at least the next five years, James will star in annual commercial campaigns marketing the university. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy5 Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Awesome! Sure that won't be enough from LBJ for some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Wow, what a joke. I would love to hear a justification for this salary, espeically considering 200+ positions were just eliminated. I guarantee of those 200+ positions eliminated, the $100,000 salary of the "Commandant" could be used for 2 positions that more directly affect the students. (3 if you were to use some of UA's plans to hire full-time faculty for $32,000 a year).I like to think a head of a military-like group that instills discipline and leadership in you would have much more of an impact on someone's life and resume than a sociology professor ever would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 LeBron James, University of Akron pave way for college scholarships for inner-city childrenHow dare the university give scholarships away to inner city children. Don't they know we are in a financial crisis1!!!1!/lynch mobbed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave in Green Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 With six years before the first scholarship goes out, Scarborough said the university may try to raise money to pay for the scholarships instead of using Akron's $60 million general scholarship fund. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris buttermaker Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Since APS students already qualify for free tuition at UofA if they meet certain (very modest) thresholds of GPA and testing, should we assume that LeBron's students will have a lower goal that of what is in place already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Since APS students already qualify for free tuition at UofA if they meet certain (very modest) thresholds of GPA and testing, should we assume that LeBron's students will have a lower goal that of what is in place alreadyWhat are the current thresholds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morris buttermaker Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 3.0 HS GPA and 27 ACT, ortop 10 percent HS rank and 26 ACT, or3.5 HS GPA and 24 ACT.All are very modest... for example to be in the top 10% at a few HS is probably scary low, so essentially you need to just score a 26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZippyRulz Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Wow, what a joke. I would love to hear a justification for this salary, espeically considering 200+ positions were just eliminated. I guarantee of those 200+ positions eliminated, the $100,000 salary of the "Commandant" could be used for 2 positions that more directly affect the students. (3 if you were to use some of UA's plans to hire full-time faculty for $32,000 a year).You would be shocked to learn what some head coaches and assistant coaches earn at UA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip-O-matic Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 I like to think a head of a military-like group that instills discipline and leadership in you would have much more of an impact on someone's life and resume than a sociology professor ever would.Not if you're a student who doesn't care about playing fake army while at college. If UA is going to be recruiting students needing the impact of the leader of the school's fake army more than that of the faculty, I really feel sorry for where UA is headed.If this turns out anything like Texas A&M, the fake army is going to turn off more potential students than it attracts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip-O-matic Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 LeBron James, University of Akron pave way for college scholarships for inner-city childrenThat's a great initiative and should go a long way towards making up for the pathetic amount of need-based institutional aid that UA gives out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LZIp Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Not if you're a student who doesn't care about playing fake army while at college. If UA is going to be recruiting students needing the impact of the leader of the school's fake army more than that of the faculty, I really feel sorry for where UA is headed.If this turns out anything like Texas A&M, the fake army is going to turn off more potential students than it attracts.A&M has an enrollment of 60k. I think they are doing just fine despite that cadet corp they are known for "turning so many students off."If anything, a lot of our students could work on their leadership and discipline considering the abysmal graduation rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zip-O-matic Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 A&M has an enrollment of 60k. I think they are doing just fine despite that cadet corp they are known for "turning so many students off."If anything, a lot of our students could work on their leadership and discipline considering the abysmal graduation rate.They have decades of that identity and culture and multi-generational aggy families who don't even consider sending kids elsewhere. They also have a population 3x the size of Ohio with a very conservative military culture and retiree population. Even still, A&M has a very self-selecting applicant pool that alienates a significant portion of the potential students because of their narrow culture and general weirdness. To a huge portion of the Texas population, particularly transplants from the Great Lakes and West Coast, A&M is considered this very weird, bizarre university and if kids don't get into Texas they don't even think about A&M as the backup.I just don't see how you attempt to transplant that aggyness and wrap the identity of UA in it without alienating a huge pool of kids who'll just look to K--SU, YSU or CSU instead. UA should be trying to broaden its appeal right now rather than narrowing it, but that's what SS is doing with Polytechnic (which I admittedly lukewarm support depending on how it's implemented) and now the fake army.If you want to increase the graduation rate, have better academic counseling, send marginal kids to a branch campus or CC for a year or two and provide more need-based aid to get kids through with less financial pressure to quit. A fake army is no magic bullet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 They have decades of that identity and culture and multi-generational aggy families who don't even consider sending kids elsewhere. They also have a population 3x the size of Ohio with a very conservative military culture and retiree population. Even still, A&M has a very self-selecting applicant pool that alienates a significant portion of the potential students because of their narrow culture and general weirdness. To a huge portion of the Texas population, particularly transplants from the Great Lakes and West Coast, A&M is considered this very weird, bizarre university and if kids don't get into Texas they don't even think about A&M as the backup.I just don't see how you attempt to transplant that aggyness and wrap the identity of UA in it without alienating a huge pool of kids who'll just look to K--SU, YSU or CSU instead. UA should be trying to broaden its appeal right now rather than narrowing it, but that's what SS is doing with Polytechnic (which I admittedly lukewarm support depending on how it's implemented) and now the fake army.If you want to increase the graduation rate, have better academic counseling, send marginal kids to a branch campus or CC for a year or two and provide more need-based aid to get kids through with less financial pressure to quit. A fake army is no magic bullet.Have you ever been to Lubbock? I would say that it rivals Oxford for charm and character and is a bustling center of commerce, hardly a backwater. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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