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Question: Who's to blame?
Took on Risky Investments - 7 (18.9%)
Sloughed Off as Trustees - 2 (5.4%)
Relied on Cheap Credit - 1 (2.7%)
Failed to Play Well With Others - 1 (2.7%)
Overbuilt - 3 (8.1%)
Bowed to Boosters - 2 (5.4%)
Stumbled at the Statehouse - 5 (13.5%)
Led With Unchecked Ambition - 7 (18.9%)
Failed to Find a Niche - 0 (0%)
Ignored Customers' Needs - 2 (5.4%)
Built Duplicative Centers - 2 (5.4%)
Overcommitted Their Budgets - 4 (10.8%)
Stymied Accountability Efforts - 1 (2.7%)
Total Voters: 37

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Author Topic: 13 Reasons Colleges Are in This Mess  (Read 5785 times)
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« Reply #15 on: March 09, 2009, 02:32:30 PM »

In large measure this article is not worth the ink used to print it. It is too flat and too blame oriented. We, in higher education, should consider our shortcomings.  This should be done in the context of an economy that has been brought to its knees by financial chicanery and regulatory shortcomings. For instance the fact that Yale's endowment lost 25% is quite a positive outcome during a period when the equities markets have declined by twice that much. Almost every point in the article can be better understood in context. Only with that context can anything approaching a reasonable response be developed.
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« Reply #16 on: March 09, 2009, 02:46:44 PM »

The article in question bites, and it's insulting that you are asking us to vote among its poorly articulated and reductive points. Shame on you, Chronicle.
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« Reply #17 on: March 10, 2009, 11:26:03 AM »

I was going to ask to vote for "insisting on a single cause for a complicated problem" or "fingerpointing instead of problem-solving", but yellowtractor said it much better and less snarkily.

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