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May 14, 2008
President Who Left Texas Tech Lands Top Job at San Jose State
Jon S. Whitmore, who stunned faculty members and students at Texas Tech University in February when he announced his resignation from that institution, has landed a new job as the leader of San Jose State University.
His appointment at San Jose, announced by the California State University system today, is effective August 1. He will succeed Don W. Kassing, who is retiring.
Mr. Whitmore has been popular with faculty members at Texas Tech, but he has taken some heat this year after the university’s accreditor put it on probation in December. He also has hinted that he was uncomfortable with leading a plan to expand the university’s enrollment by 42 percent, to 40,000, by 2020. Some faculty members have questioned the expansion plan, but the chancellor who oversees Texas Tech and two other institutions believes it is necessary. —Charles Huckabee
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White boys can always find good paying gigs.
— Ross May 15, 09:13 AM #
Texas Tech is losing a good man!
— Innocent By-Stander May 15, 09:43 AM #
Not all white boys land great jobs in California. I’ve interviewed for over a dozen positions in the college system in recent years and I always get the sense that I’m a token applicant in the pool to make it look like white males are being considered!!
— Theron May 15, 10:01 AM #
And people like Ross cheapen everyone’s achievements (including those of underrepresented minorities) by making everything about race . . .
— Goethe May 15, 10:04 AM #
Texas Tech has been blessed with good administrators over the years. They have attracted thousands of students to a relatively small community in a very sparsely populated area of our country. Unless the new chancellor enrolls rattlesnakes or recruits from California or Arizona 40,000 is unrealistic. It seems more appropriate to use the large amount of money that the former Chancellor, John Monfort, raised and put Tech on the map in terms of excellence and a strong national reputation.
— charles florio May 15, 11:06 AM #
You go, Dr. Whitmore! I hope San Jose knows how lucky they are. He’s been a good and popular leader, and not just among the faculty., even though the Chronicle doesn’t seem to know about the other employees. The staff liked him too, because he made a special effort to make sure they were recognized and appreciated for their effort.
— Carlo May 15, 12:06 PM #
I’d have run away screaming from the new Tech Chancellor myself.
— Ba'al May 15, 01:46 PM #
I agree with Charles that Texas Tech should build its quality first. They are becoming a fine research university and have great potential. Still, I can’t say much in support of Whitmore who appears to have wilted from a challenge. By comparison, SJSU – a teaching school with dubious credentials – seems hardly an improvement.
— Jay May 16, 10:26 AM #