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Are you sure that admin overhead couldn't be cut? Does the president really need to make 7 figures?
by ericd 12y ago
Are you sure that admin overhead couldn't be cut? Does the president really need to make 7 figures?
- HarryHirsch 12y agoUniversity presidents are fundraisers and marketeers. I suspect the talent pool is small, there are not that many people with good connections to donors and proven ability to attract outside money. And the need for external funds is rising. Here is a particularly lurid example, but the idea is the same everywhere: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/nyregion/a-quick-descent-for-cecilia-chang-dean-at-st-johns.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/11/nyregion/a-quick-descent-f...
- Bahamut 12y agoWow...reading that story and seeing that picture, I think I might have gambled on the same table as her on blackjack once about 6-7 years ago, either in Mohegan Sun or Foxwoods (I forget). That is chilling.