The jist was that nobody interviewed particularly well. Not that an interview is the end all, be all, but that should have been a sign to maybe ask the search firm that brought you these duds to go back to the well.
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The jist was that nobody interviewed particularly well. Not that an interview is the end all, be all, but that should have been a sign to maybe ask the search firm that brought you these duds to go back to the well.
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How do we go from just about to hire Ed Pease (Rolls Royce then stepped in with a huge raise to take him out), to getting Dan Bradley (great), to having only two finalists and hiring a woman as horrid as Deb Curtis? The red flags were there - enrollment plummeted at every stop in her administrative career. Every. Stop.
Freaking unreal.
Freaking unreal.
Ed is retired from Rolls and hanging around Terre Haute. Talked with him the other day.
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It's in the initial post.
Andrew Case runs that site and he is a little behind on updates right now as he is studying for the bar exam and will be taking it soon. Spoke to him the other night about this. We will also be posting some stories on the No Confidence In Curtis Facebook page. There is a group collecting those right now as we speak.
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Ball State President Twitter account with more than 7,000 followers and Curtis’ Twitter account with 500. Here are each of their most recent tweets…
May 2006:
.........“by a 37-1 vote, the Indiana State University faculty senate passed a resolution saying it has no confidence in President Lloyd Benjamin’s ability to lead the university.............he has violated our trust and lost our respect...........we have no confidence in this president............his actions have severely undermined his credibility across all levels of the university community, making him an obstacle to further progress on university initiatives at a critical time............he does not connect, he intimidates and is not open to input”
Sound familiar? Time for the current faculty senate to do the same.
.........“by a 37-1 vote, the Indiana State University faculty senate passed a resolution saying it has no confidence in President Lloyd Benjamin’s ability to lead the university.............he has violated our trust and lost our respect...........we have no confidence in this president............his actions have severely undermined his credibility across all levels of the university community, making him an obstacle to further progress on university initiatives at a critical time............he does not connect, he intimidates and is not open to input”
Sound familiar? Time for the current faculty senate to do the same.
I used to call Dr. Benjamin “Christmas” after Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber. His entire claim to fame was renting art installations on campus.
She is definitely in the same class. If history holds true, we get a great President after every stinker.
Remind me of Benjamin’s departure. Did he get fired? How long after this faculty senate vote did he depart? I’m surprised how little I remember of the details. Probably because I’ve tried to erase it from my memory.
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That vote was essentially just confirmation that he would not be extended because the Board stated he was doing a good job so they'd be shitting on faculty if they extended him. There was back and forth and after about a year, he essentially said he was leaving at the end of his contract. Again, IIRC, he and his wife said they had dreams on the International level that were essentially interrupted by being President. He was a real piece of work and the Board didn't have the balls to sack him. His wife was the one that loved art and talked the school into renting all of those stupid ass installations vs having something done by our own students.
That is why it would go a long way for pissed off faculty to do the same for Deb, because then it forces the Board of Trustees hand. One of my biggest disappointments is having got to know President Moore during my time as student and then having Benjamin's name on my damn degree.
I could be misremembering things, but that is what I recall. I've slept since and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn.
That's a pretty accurate accounting of Benjamin's tenure -- I believe he had public squabbles with the students one year, the support staff another and the faculty in a third.
He was still in/around Terre Haute as recently as 2020, no? Didn't he put out a book on ISU architecture?
He was teaching a class a semester well into the 20-teens
Apparently being an International man of mystery was only reserved for Austin Powers.
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Teacher shortage doesn't need to be in quotes. It's real and it's all over the country sponsoring agencies overseas. The money hasn't changed since I graduated in 2000. There aren't many people beating the doors down to get shat on from all directions. Mind you, this is one man, one opinion...but the days of annual 800-1000 kids walking through the door to get into education are over.
With this said, I'm still working on the PhD from here.
With this said, I'm still working on the PhD from here.
Have a degree in education, taught elementary for 5 years after college, did a 180° in my career path and left the education sector. Now, I don't think I'd ever go back just because it is sssooo much better outside of teaching. I miss the kids, miss the families, and it's very purposeful and fulfilling work but it's not worth it.
The wife is coming up on year 8 of teaching I believe. Hates it.
The irony is that many of those educating "to-be teachers" are lacking in classroom experience themselves.
I knew after my first semester of student teaching that if I were to be a teacher, it would have to be a college classroom. But I'm starting to get hamstrung there too.
I knew after my first semester of student teaching that if I were to be a teacher, it would have to be a college classroom. But I'm starting to get hamstrung there too.