Beloit College president finalists named
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BELOIT -- Beloit College announced a list of finalists to take over the job of college president. They are:
-- Jeff Abernathy, vice president, dean of the college and professor of English at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill.
-- Mark Gordon, dean and professor of law at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in Detroit, Mich.
-- H. Scott Bierman, dean of the college at Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.
The candidates are expected to visit the campus Jan. 20-30.
Jan 16, 2009 at 4:16 p.m.
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Whether or not Beloit College, as an entity, has been a "champion of stereotypical diversity" is beside the point when there aren't very many candidates who aren't middle-aged white males.
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"...the profile of a college president has changed little in 20 years. The typical president is a married, white male who previously served as a chief academic officer or provost."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2...
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Beloit and other non-urban liberal arts colleges are generally unsuccessful at recruiting non-white faculty as a matter of record. I hardly think they'd be luckier with their presidential search.
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:51 a.m.
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Actually, no, I agree with you. It just seemed odd to me that a champion of the stereotypical diversity of which you speak would present such a limited roster. Just a coincidence, I guess.
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:45 a.m.
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No I simply don't live in the cookie cutter sterotype world that you do.
One Black Guy, One White Guy, One Hispanic Woman = Diversity regardless of any other factors.
If a college admits 3 students who all grew up on the North Shore of Chicago, whose Fathers are all partners in the same law firm and attended Prep school together on of whom is White one African American and on Hispanic is that a more diverse group than three white males one from Back Bay Boston, one from rural Nebraska who was raised by adoptive parents and one from the South Side of Milwaukee who was raised by a single mom? In your world, apprently so
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:39 a.m.
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So your definition of diversity is three white guys standing on a corner? Okay...
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:32 a.m.
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So based on the information in this article you have determined that this is not a diverse group. If one candidate is Catholic, another Mormon and the third an Atheist, does that meet your definition of diversity? How about if one is gay, one staight and one bi-sexual? What about if one is a Republican, one a Democrat and one a member of the Green Party?
None of this can be determined from the article but based on the fact that none of the finalists is female or a minority based on race the pool lacks diversity? Narrow view.
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:18 a.m.
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The regular kind.
Jan 16, 2009 at 11:01 a.m.
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What is your defintion of diversity?
Jan 16, 2009 at 10:54 a.m.
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There seems to be a lack of diversity in this group of finalists.
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