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47of74

(18,470 posts) Sun Nov 22, 2015, 09:00 PM Nov 2015

Braindead's buddies come out to shill for UI President

Ugh.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Following protests over his hiring earlier this fall, the new president of the University of Iowa is getting some support from the business community.

More than 100 community and business leaders gathered Friday morning to offer support to Bruce Harreld and to apologize for the negative reaction he has received on campus.

The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports (http://icp-c.com/1N32PKe ) that Mark Nolte, executive director of the Iowa City Area Development group, opened Friday’s meeting with an apology for Harreld, a former IBM executive.

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Braindead's buddies come out to shill for UI President (Original Post) 47of74 Nov 2015 OP

What do Branstad and Harreld want to do to the UI? xocet Nov 2015 #1

Run it like a corporation rather than as an institute of higher learning emulatorloo Nov 2015 #2

How is the faculty responding to this? Are they unified against Harreld? n/t xocet Nov 2015 #3

xocet

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1. What do Branstad and Harreld want to do to the UI?

Reply to 47of74 (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2015, 11:42 PM

Nov 2015

It is implied often that Harreld wants to change the UI's culture.

Does anyone know what exactly is meant by that statement?

emulatorloo

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2. Run it like a corporation rather than as an institute of higher learning

Reply to xocet (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 24, 2015, 01:07 PM

Nov 2015

They'll "streamline" it out of existence. Departments shuttered, cutbacks on staff, run off good faculty.

xocet

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3. How is the faculty responding to this? Are they unified against Harreld? n/t

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 25, 2015, 01:24 PM

Nov 2015

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