What's this for?
OK there are probably plenty of not-really academic institutions who hire not-really academics, not to mention administrators, but this just seems like some very specific personal grudge.
OK there are probably plenty of not-really academic institutions who hire not-really academics, not to mention administrators, but this just seems like some very specific personal grudge.
We just had a whole conversation on what happens when a non-engineering mentality dominates organizations (Boeing). Now we have a case of a leader sacrificing academic reputation for political purposes.
My theory is this author, Andrew Gelman, is an MIT and Harvard trained academic that is incensed by the fact that a state-school educated, industry-focused individual would be a lead administrator at a University. I don't think he has a particularly high opinion of people that weren't precocious youth.
I'm also noticing a red flag in this comment by stating that they picked the school because it was affordable - while that is true, shouldn't the same grace be applied to students that went to this school because it was the best school they got into and didn't get into any better ones? I've noticed a lot of people justify their attendance at lower-ranked schools by saying the institutions are affordable, but in reality you shouldn't need to justify not getting into elite schools to begin with.