Yesterday's Southern has a lengthy column on SIUC Board of Trustee's chairman Herrin, highlighting his conflicts with University President Glenn Poshard and other board members. Given the 9% decline in attendance at the university this summer, I found this comment by Herrin interesting:
He (Poshard) knows the university isn’t doing any good, and he will ultimately have to perform,” Herrin said. “Whoever the board members may be, they are going to expect improvement. I want to take this university back to where it was. With some changes at the administrative level, we can turn it around very quickly.
Given the 20+ year of declines in attendance, I really doubt if changes at the administrative level are enough to turn the university around very quickly. You cannot easily turn around an organization with over 14,000 employees on a dime. ITo do so would require massive shakeups in management, especially at the top level and the university shows no sign of doing that.
He (Poshard) knows the university isn’t doing any good, and he will ultimately have to perform,” Herrin said. “Whoever the board members may be, they are going to expect improvement. I want to take this university back to where it was. With some changes at the administrative level, we can turn it around very quickly.
Given the 20+ year of declines in attendance, I really doubt if changes at the administrative level are enough to turn the university around very quickly. You cannot easily turn around an organization with over 14,000 employees on a dime. ITo do so would require massive shakeups in management, especially at the top level and the university shows no sign of doing that.
You seem to be saying that if SIUC was well managed, there would be in increase in students? So, management doesn't matter? Isn't a better argument that only by changing the BOT and administration that you have a chance of improving?
ReplyDeleteGo Roger Herrin. To bad the entire BOT isn't interested in doing better, instead of harvesting political favors.