tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post8330522965462598358..comments2023-11-02T09:44:15.693-04:00Comments on The Center for College Affordability and Productivity: The Price of University HubrisCenter for College Affordability and Productivityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041956958538598371noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-2214704131314739452009-01-14T13:37:00.000-05:002009-01-14T13:37:00.000-05:00Gee, right-wing prof. I thought that Ohio was the...Gee, right-wing prof. I thought that Ohio was the Lake Wobegon of higher education where all the universities are above average and an AAU invite is just around the corner if they could just add a few more doctoral programs.<BR/><BR/>You think Toledo has delusions of grandeur? You should hear some of the nonsense coming out of that clown Proenza's mouth up in Akron.<BR/><BR/>I have to admire Strickland and Fingerhut for tyring to reign in this nonsense and bring a little order and structure to the university system. I don't, however, envy their task. That's a lot of toothpaste to put back in the tube since Jim Rhodes and John Millett made such a mess of things back in the sixties.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650449136836434227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-91258039603825447912009-01-13T16:42:00.001-05:002009-01-13T16:42:00.001-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.capemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327687293859434403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-52585375545538036762009-01-13T16:42:00.000-05:002009-01-13T16:42:00.000-05:00Ah, places like SIU extend their reach too far, th...Ah, places like SIU extend their reach too far, they get hit in the face. The system is working! Nothing to get upset about.capemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00327687293859434403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-28538700641321826632009-01-13T15:39:00.000-05:002009-01-13T15:39:00.000-05:00This sounds very similar to what is going on at th...This sounds very similar to what is going on at the University of Toledo. The president and the deans keep coming out with statements about turning it into a world-class university, which they plan to accomplish by specialising in extremely narrow fields and spending big bucks to get world leaders in these areas to come to Toledo. They don't seem to understand that they have a role to play within the entire state system and it is not to be a world-class research university.davidjhemmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557657307865513144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-48724955781104476542009-01-13T13:03:00.000-05:002009-01-13T13:03:00.000-05:00In the past, I've been rather critical of many of ...In the past, I've been rather critical of many of Dr. Vedder ideas and prescriptions for higher education in my posts here. This column, however, is outstanding and hits directly at one of the most destructive and wasteful aspects of public higher education: the belief on the part of the regional state schools that if they're only given enough time and allowed to siphon enough funds away from the state flagships that they too can hit the big time.<BR/><BR/>In Ohio, one finds the situation compounded as the regional publics delusions of grandeur are only fueled by the competitive, city-state nature of the Ohio politics in which the driving mentality seems to be, "if it can't be in my city, then the state shouldn't have it."<BR/><BR/>Spot on, Vedder. Spot on.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08650449136836434227noreply@blogger.com