Tag: Chancellor Charles Reed
Hire the Next CSU Chancellor in the Open
When Charlie Reed was hired as the Chancellor of the CSU in 1998 it was done in complete secrecy. The Brain Trust running the CSU at the time argued that secrecy was essential to recruiting the best p... Read More
‘Dear Leader’ Charlie Reed Retires–Reaction Mixed
News of the Chancellor’s resignation arrived on my phone as I sat at a conference session in Athens, Georgia. Sitting with a CSU colleague we high-fived each other, the audible slap causing a br... Read More
CFA Solidarity at CSU Channel Islands
While our fellow union members were protesting at the Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach, solidarity events took place throughout the system. Our campus protest focused on the unwillingness of th... Read More
How Dare they Question ‘Dear Leader’
“Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last have you left no sense of decency?”–Joseph Welch to Senator Joseph McCarthy We could ask the same of CSU Chancellor Charlie Reed. A s... Read More
Voting NOT to Strike is What Will Really Hurt Students
In an editorial today in the Long Beach Press-Telegram the editors opine that a strike by CSU faculty “sends the wrong message;” that striking will “do damage to students.” The... Read More
Failure is Success: Charlie Reed Cited for Leadership Abilities
In an act of supreme irony TIAA-CREF last week awarded CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed the 2012 TIAA-CREF Hesburgh Award for Leadership Excellence, “one of the most prestigious honors in academic... Read More
Limiting CSU Presidents’ Pay: Proposed SB 755
News comes today of SB 755. Sponsored by Senator Ted Lieu the proposal would cap CSU Campus Presidents’ pay at 150% of the salary of a California State Supreme Court Justice. If the proposal p... Read More
A Bottomless Pit of Idiocy
Oh it just could not last, could it? On Tuesday I posted a list of my top 10 favorite albums of all time. It was an attempt to divorce myself from the idiocy of the CSU leadership. I tried. But now co... Read More
