jackjd
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Post by jackjd on May 3, 2018 8:33:43 GMT -6
I know quite a few people who would take issue with this. A JD is a professional doctorate. You are correct. Thanks. Congrats on the hire. There are times when hiring someone from the outside is important; there are times when hiring someone on the inside is important. Hiring from within seems the correct decision for USD. USD is on a good trajectory and this hire is likely to keep USD on the path started by Pres. Abbott. That's important for USD, the state and region.
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Post by goyotes24 on May 3, 2018 9:45:02 GMT -6
Juris Doctor, so no. Not really. I never would have been on board with Abbott's hire but he is going down in history here for what he has done as president. I know quite a few people who would take issue with this. A JD is a professional doctorate. As someone with a J.D., I don't consider myself on par with my wife who has a Ph.D, though I am well aware that some J.D.'s do. Nonetheless, the doctorate requirement should be more for the provosts and deans. Those are the campus figures who need to have a true understanding of academia and faculty needs. University presidents, as stated above, are, nowadays, much more business leadership roles than academia roles.
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Post by nidaros on May 8, 2018 6:21:18 GMT -6
I know quite a few people who would take issue with this. A JD is a professional doctorate. As someone with a J.D., I don't consider myself on par with my wife who has a Ph.D, though I am well aware that some J.D.'s do. Nonetheless, the doctorate requirement should be more for the provosts and deans. Those are the campus figures who need to have a true understanding of academia and faculty needs. University presidents, as stated above, are, nowadays, much more business leadership roles than academia roles.
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Post by nidaros on May 8, 2018 6:34:31 GMT -6
I know quite a few people who would take issue with this. A JD is a professional doctorate. You are correct. Thanks. Congrats on the hire. There are times when hiring someone from the outside is important; there are times when hiring someone on the inside is important. Hiring from within seems the correct decision for USD. USD is on a good trajectory and this hire is likely to keep USD on the path started by Pres. Abbott. That's important for USD, the state and region. I want to echo JackJD congratulations on the selection of Sheila Gestring as your next USD president. I think the BOR made the right choice given how higher education is now funded in SD. There is a big reliance on foundations to raise the money to build etc. I did not know anything about Sheila until I read in the Argus and what her background was. She knows how to play the foundation organ which is a huge asset for USD. Getting the movers and shakers all going in one direction is a key to keeping the doors open in Vermillion. Being a non-academic person is a red herring. I think Jim Abbott has proven his worth to USD. As much as I despised Bill Janklow, I think he made a good choice in recommending Abbott.
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Post by nidaros on May 8, 2018 6:54:09 GMT -6
New president is Sheila Gestering....regular attendee at athletic events. Any official worth their salt realizes how important National championships are to their cause of raising funds for the next what ever building. With out the competitive purpose shown athletically, the funds do not flow. Winning is a value that can not be ignored. I had thought that Former SDSU president Robert Wagner did not care about athletics, but I was living in suburban Chicago at the time, and had never met the man. Well fast forward to 1986, I was living in Columbus Nebraska and bought a season ticket for SDSU football, and who was sitting behind me a couple rows? President Wagner and my image of him changed as he was indeed very interested in winning. Of course many will recall Wayne Haensel versus Dave Tripplett era, and how that series went. None-the-less until you meet a person, and believe everything that is printed about a person you often have the wrong conception of that person.
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