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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If he were a true academic, he would have written something deeper to ask good questions about how we got to this place, about the role that society seeks of mothers, of why parents can't let go, why college is seen as such a make or break situation, etc. Instead he took a smarmy, look how clever and superior I am approach.[/quote]

Don't be naive. It's an op-ed that the WaPo chose to run because it would garner a lot of clicks. You don't think that this college president, who was a politician, understands the difference? College presidents are first and foremost rain makers.[/quote]

He won't be rainmaking for long. [/quote]

+1. I’m filing this under “f—k around and find out”. [/quote]

+2. After the smug tone of his editorial, I can’t wait until he loses his job in disgrace. Hopefully it’s a slow news day, so that gets the amount of press coverage he richly deserves.[/quote]
Oh, I don't think his job will be in danger at all. But I sense a big wake up call that we really need to check out these schools, their admin, and the states they're in, especially for our daughters. Purdue will continue to wonder why it falls behind in the M/F balance and its failure to get women into engineering.  [/quote]

+1   And attract female faculty.  I know one who turned down an endowed chair which would have offered a higher income in a lower COL area because she got this vibe from there. I don't think it will cost him his job though because the school has made a lot of gains esp. in engineering in part because of his deep ties to businesses etc.  And his views are in line with much of the state.  The school will likely do just fine albeit with a crappy gender balance. But my eyes have definitely been more opened to what to discuss about schools/states with my DD going through the process.    [/quote]

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