Comments on: Chancellor search: Quo vadimus, UW? http://siftingandwinnowing.org/2007/12/27/chancellor-search-quo-vadimus-uw/ An independent news and opinion page for the UW-Madison community Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:02:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: DP http://siftingandwinnowing.org/2007/12/27/chancellor-search-quo-vadimus-uw/comment-page-1/#comment-25 DP Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:39:36 +0000 http://siftingandwinnowing.org/2007/12/27/chancellor-search-quo-vadimus-uw/#comment-25 I think several members of the Academic Staff of UW-Madison should apply. We all believe Shared Governance is a good thing, so why not prove this point. I think several members of the Academic Staff of UW-Madison should apply. We all believe Shared Governance is a good thing, so why not prove this point.

]]> By: TP http://siftingandwinnowing.org/2007/12/27/chancellor-search-quo-vadimus-uw/comment-page-1/#comment-13 TP Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:54:27 +0000 http://siftingandwinnowing.org/2007/12/27/chancellor-search-quo-vadimus-uw/#comment-13 Giving up a few minutes for reflection about the leaders of various institutions of higher ed I have been associated with as a student or faculty member, I quite frankly have no idea the chancellor's job requirements really are. Like others, this might be why there is the dearth of discussion (or it could be that we've been trying to get our grading done before the stroke of midnight). Outside of UW-Madison, the leaders of the other institutions strike me as big picture, hand shaking, check accepting, wheel greasing figure heads. No doubt this is a poorly formed mis-impression from the quick flip-through of glossy alumni magazines. They must do much more than that. This must also be true of a research institution, particularly one that has a proven track record of developing outside funding sources. The tasks of the leader have to be intense. Is there a document somewhere that outlines the current 'rights and responsibilities' of the chancellor? Giving up a few minutes for reflection about the leaders of various institutions of higher ed I have been associated with as a student or faculty member, I quite frankly have no idea the chancellor’s job requirements really are. Like others, this might be why there is the dearth of discussion (or it could be that we’ve been trying to get our grading done before the stroke of midnight). Outside of UW-Madison, the leaders of the other institutions strike me as big picture, hand shaking, check accepting, wheel greasing figure heads. No doubt this is a poorly formed mis-impression from the quick flip-through of glossy alumni magazines. They must do much more than that.

This must also be true of a research institution, particularly one that has a proven track record of developing outside funding sources. The tasks of the leader have to be intense. Is there a document somewhere that outlines the current ‘rights and responsibilities’ of the chancellor?

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