Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the biggest winners in this cluster are POS dirtbags like Bill Ackman who have become accustomed to buying access and controlling government officials through PACs and corrupt lobbying efforts (that really amount to honest services fraud, if we're being honest here). The word "No" no longer has any meaning to these petulant children masquerading as adults.

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While we're at it, let's examine the academic credentials and background of the interim president of New College in Florida (DeSantis' attempt to present an alternative to "woke" colleges), shall we? Richard Corcoran was installed as interim president of New College by the new board of the college, after the board fired President Patricia Okker, who had only held the position for 19 months. He was paid a base salary of $699,000, which is $400,000 more than Okker made.

Academic background: Corcoran dropped out of University of Florida. He later attended St. Leo College, graduating in 1989, and Regent University [a private Christian university in Virginia Beach, VA founded by Pat Robertson], where he received his Juris Doctor in 1996. While enrolled in college, he served six years in the United States Naval Reserve (1987–1993).

Career:
*lawyer
*former chief of staff to Marco Rubio
*member of the FL House of Representatives
*head of the Florida Education Commission
*registered lobbyist

You can read more about some of his political views and a few scandals associated with him in the link below, but it's clear that he was chosen for his ability to implement DeSantis's priorities--not because he is an academic of note. So if former-president Gay represents DEI politics, this guy represents the opposite of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corcoran

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Anonymous wrote:DEI advocates would be well advised to forget about Claudine Gay. Harvard didn't vet her credentials well and let's face it, some hires just don't work out. If progressives make her the poster girl for DEI, then they are making a mistake and will only have themselves to blame when the whole concept becomes discredited.

I, for one, am looking forward to returning to business-as-usual in hiring practices. It's so much easier to work with people like myself and not to have to tiptoe around DEI hires. Enough of this nonsense.

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

Does Harvard consider New College in FL to be its peer institution?

De Santis does.

He should know...he's a graduate.

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

Does Harvard consider New College in FL to be its peer institution?

De Santis does.

Anonymous wrote:DEI advocates would be well advised to forget about Claudine Gay. Harvard didn't vet her credentials well and let's face it, some hires just don't work out. If progressives make her the poster girl for DEI, then they are making a mistake and will only have themselves to blame when the whole concept becomes discredited.

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Anonymous wrote:I suggest Dr. Gay is being held to a “standard” of scholarship that disregards her lived experience and historical trauma. These heteronormative outdated standards based on Judie-Christian dogma, reinforce whiteness, serve to promote capitalism, and strengthen the patriarchy.
What is needed is a inclusive set of standards that better reflect where we should be as a global community.

Are you being facetious? Sometimes you can't tell on the internet.

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

Does Harvard consider New College in FL to be its peer institution?

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

Obviously not. Politics. DeSantis wanted to make a point. So he installed some right wing stooge as a gift to the Trump base. Poorly educated white males. Rural, small town, exurb.

Harvard is theoretically above New College or whatever it's called.

But they are doing the same thing. They are hiring based on politics and race. In Harvard's case, it's DEI and all that garbage. Absolutely no different then DeSantis appointing some mediocre white male to make a point.

Maybe one day talent will be the thing.

But, clearly, it's not happening today. Claudine Gay was a very mediocre president for Harvard. Obviously, she got the job because of her race and gender. It really doesn't do women and black folks any favors.

In 2024, it's just dumb to not go with genuine talent.

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

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In many ways, a business or non profit executive is much more qualified to run a university than an academic professor or researcher.

Business or non-profit executives would certainly have conducted at least minimal due diligence on Dr. Gay, and discovered how paltry (just 11 highly-dubious published works) she had completed prior to becoming president, indicating a massive deficit of merit.

In contrast, the only possible conclusion is the Harvard board installed Dr. Gay purely on DEI principles.

Why did New College in FL install their interim president? Was it purely on "merit"?

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While we're at it, let's examine the academic credentials and background of the interim president of New College in Florida (DeSantis' attempt to present an alternative to "woke" colleges), shall we? Richard Corcoran was installed as interim president of New College by the new board of the college, after the board fired President Patricia Okker, who had only held the position for 19 months. He was paid a base salary of $699,000, which is $400,000 more than Okker made.

Academic background: Corcoran dropped out of University of Florida. He later attended St. Leo College, graduating in 1989, and Regent University [a private Christian university in Virginia Beach, VA founded by Pat Robertson], where he received his Juris Doctor in 1996. While enrolled in college, he served six years in the United States Naval Reserve (1987–1993).

Career:
*lawyer
*former chief of staff to Marco Rubio
*member of the FL House of Representatives
*head of the Florida Education Commission
*registered lobbyist

You can read more about some of his political views and a few scandals associated with him in the link below, but it's clear that he was chosen for his ability to implement DeSantis's priorities--not because he is an academic of note. So if former-president Gay represents DEI politics, this guy represents the opposite of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Corcoran