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But we’re talking about the office of the president. Isn’t this role more analogous to the CEO? The president isn’t researching as an individual practitioner,
by barelysapient 3y ago
But we’re talking about the office of the president. Isn’t this role more analogous to the CEO?
The president isn’t researching as an individual practitioner, but rather as an executive administrator.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoCEOs for many companies should have some amount of 'lower level' experience in the business of the company. I would argue the 'CEO' for institutions focused primarily on research should have a relatively good amount of experience with performing the research. A doctoral degree is a pretty good indicator that the person has done some serious research, so it does not seem unreasonable to me to want the person leading a research institution to have one.
- barelysapient 3y agoBut isn’t University of Nevada a simply a state school? I understand they have some research programs, but this primarily is a higher ed institution. If there primary focus was research I’d agree with you.
- genocidicbunny 3y agoIt's a state school, but Nevada isn't exactly overflowing with them, so in the context of the higher-ed system in Nevada, they not 'simply' a state school.
- melagonster 3y agounfortunately, usually professors in university should have Ph.D. let people who focus on research cutting-edge technology/knowledge to teach students in a higher education is important (at least in a perfect world).
- scott_s 3y agoOutside of the northeast, most large research universities in the US are state schools.