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I'm an alum and no longer have any association myself (I've even managed to lose myself so they can't call asking for donations). But I have friends still aroun

I'm an alum and no longer have any association myself (I've even managed to lose myself so they can't call asking for donations). But I have friends still around, including at least one still on the staff. My impression is that the school, including staff and student body, has a pretty positive view of her.

andyhnj 12y ago
I'm an RPI alum also, having graduated well before Jackson became president. The few people I know who are still actively involved with RPI don't like her much, and I think the inflated salary is a big part of the reason why. (Of course, most of the people I knew at RPI were malcontents to begin with, so maybe that's not a representative sample...)
- CWuestefeld 12y ago
  Heh. I was such a malcontent, hence my quip about evading their donation request phone calls. My time there was well before Jackson, too - '84-'89.
sigmar 12y ago
2011 alum here. When I was a student ('07-'11), Jackson was dislike by many (not all) students, and by some staff (hard to say how much). I was working for the student newspaper when Jackson unilaterally suspended the faculty senate, which created a ton of animosity. My understanding is that the student opinion of her got better after I graduated. (Info about the faculty senate if anyone is interested: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/02/aaup_blasts_rensselaer_polytechnic_institute_for_icing_shared_governance https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/02/aaup_blasts_r...)
- hga 12y ago
  Whoa. I note that "shared academic governance" is a requirement for accreditation; one wonders if RPI is too big to not be accredited?
brightsize 12y ago
Alum here too and like you I've managed to drop off the fund-raising radar. I wish I could say the same about Williams College where I spent my last semester (exchange program) who, despite my protests, seems to regard me as a graduate for fund-raising purposes. Every year I get a new guilt-inducing calendar "gift" in the mail.

andyhnj 12y ago

I'm an RPI alum also, having graduated well before Jackson became president. The few people I know who are still actively involved with RPI don't like her much, and I think the inflated salary is a big part of the reason why. (Of course, most of the people I knew at RPI were malcontents to begin with, so maybe that's not a representative sample...)

CWuestefeld 12y ago
Heh. I was such a malcontent, hence my quip about evading their donation request phone calls. My time there was well before Jackson, too - '84-'89.

sigmar 12y ago

2011 alum here. When I was a student ('07-'11), Jackson was dislike by many (not all) students, and by some staff (hard to say how much). I was working for the student newspaper when Jackson unilaterally suspended the faculty senate, which created a ton of animosity. My understanding is that the student opinion of her got better after I graduated. (Info about the faculty senate if anyone is interested: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/02/aaup_blasts_rensselaer_polytechnic_institute_for_icing_shared_governance https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/02/02/aaup_blasts_r...)

hga 12y ago
Whoa. I note that "shared academic governance" is a requirement for accreditation; one wonders if RPI is too big to not be accredited?

brightsize 12y ago

Alum here too and like you I've managed to drop off the fund-raising radar. I wish I could say the same about Williams College where I spent my last semester (exchange program) who, despite my protests, seems to regard me as a graduate for fund-raising purposes. Every year I get a new guilt-inducing calendar "gift" in the mail.