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While the writer dismisses the term "strategic dynamism", he acknowledges the actual problem that the Board of Visitors tries to address: the imposed large budg
by gpvos 14y ago
While the writer dismisses the term "strategic dynamism", he acknowledges the actual problem that the Board of Visitors tries to address: the imposed large budget cuts make it necessary that entire subjects/departments have to go, instead of small budget cuts across the board. Something that Sullivan apparently in the end wasn't able, or prepared, to do.
(Note: I know nothing about the case, really; I am just pointing out that I think you misunderstood the point of the article you linked.)
- scott_s 14y agoI thought that part was interesting as well, and it's a seriously hard problem. I am aware of one institution making that hard choice, though: the College of William and Mary. Sometime before I arrived there in 2003 for grad school, they had eliminated graduate departments that the school felt could not become top-ranked in their area.
- aphyr 14y agoSeems to me that a major state university should aim to provide its students with a broad range of fields. Not being able to study German at a public school seems absurd.