college prexies big bux

[Michael Perelman]

The chief responsibility of a college president is to schmooze with wealthy
donors and today more than ever with corporate leaders who want to create
links with the University.  Scholarly achievements are irrelevant in this
environment.

James Farmelant wrote:


> On Tue, 23 Nov 1999 10:38:21 -0600 Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> writes:
> >
> >
> >James Farmelant wrote:
> >
> >> . . . I guess the day is long gone when college presidents
> >> were picked on the basis of their contributions to scholarship
> >> or on their academic visions.  Veblen would not have been
> >> surprised.

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901