Funny, I never thought I would see my alma mater on the front page of Hacker News. A few things about the current situation. For various reasons, including mi

Funny, I never thought I would see my alma mater on the front page of Hacker News. A few things about the current situation. For various reasons, including mistakes made by the last president, the college was severely under-enrolled in this years freshman class. This is the cause of the major financial problems the college is facing and caused the previous president to ask the Board of Trustees not to renew his contract. The current president is an interim president and the college is currently conducting a search for a permanent replacement. From what I have heard the current search is not going well. They are having a heard time finding suitable candidates that want to face the challenges the college is currently facing, which includes an underpaid faculty. I can't help but think that this will make it even harder to recruit a suitable candidate. I know several of the professors involved with this (I still live near the campus) and I know their hearts are in the right place and they want what is best for the college. I also know many of them disdain administrators and people with money. Especially people with money. I will be following this with interest to see how this plays out.