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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Academic here: the best college administrators are not always the best scholars. Managerial skills and brilliant scholarship are not one and the same; often they don't co-exist. I can be as snobby about degrees as the next person, but for me the key to a great university president is not what they've published but how they handle students, faculty, parents, fundraising, community-building, etc[/quote]

How do you feel about the fact that he lied about publishing 70 “peer reviewed” articles? https://augustafreepress.com/news/vanishing-act-how-uvas-presidential-search-missed-what-took-us-an-hour-to-find/

I work at a university (in admin, not as faculty, fwiw), and I think scholarly credentials matter. Universities are places of knowledge creation; yes, you want a president who is a strong manager, fundraiser, etc., but to credibly lead an academic institution, you first need impeccable academic credentials.

(And if you’re going to sell yourself as a CEO-type, fine—but don’t lie about the academic stuff.)[/quote]

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