“Neeli Bendapudi begins tenure as Penn State’s president”
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During his combat in Phillipines theater and capture in Bataan, my dad and his brother solders/prisoners were made to stand at attention each morning to honor the raising of the Japanese flag....they called the morning ceremony the raising of the flaming a$$holeAll incoming students are now required to get one of these on their foreheads to signify they ..."belong"
May this will comfort you....
SIAP: Pretty good interview from State College.com.
www.statecollege.com
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi Discusses Her First Weeks in Office, Challenges, Priorities, Life in State College and More
Neeli Bendapudi has only been president of Penn State for a few weeks, but her work started long before she officially moved into her office on the second
www.statecollege.com
SIAP: Pretty good interview from State College.com.
Penn State President Neeli Bendapudi Discusses Her First Weeks in Office, Challenges, Priorities, Life in State College and More
Neeli Bendapudi has only been president of Penn State for a few weeks, but her work started long before she officially moved into her office on the second
“It certainly seemed like your hiring as president was frictionless in that even the kind of most vocal and critical members of the board have spoken very positively of you. How would you characterize your relationship with the Board of Trustees?
NB: I am so thankful to each and every one of them. One of the things is that every single one of them that’s on the board, whatever their positions, whether they agree on everything or not, they all love Penn State. They are not doing it because they need a line on their resume.”
We’re screwed.
“It certainly seemed like your hiring as president was frictionless in that even the kind of most vocal and critical members of the board have spoken very positively of you. How would you characterize your relationship with the Board of Trustees?
NB: I am so thankful to each and every one of them. One of the things is that every single one of them that’s on the board, whatever their positions, whether they agree on everything or not, they all love Penn State. They are not doing it because they need a line on their resume.”
We’re screwed.
Gonna get interesting. My sense is that, for the first time in a long time, PSU has someone who intends to lead to somewhere other than to the buffet.
Maybe the graduates didn’t want onion dip’s signature on it?
See!! She's making improvements already! No sticky onion dip fingerprints on the diplomas already!
Fats didn't show up for work that day, not that anyone could tell the difference from any other day in the last eight years.
Yikes, The Big "A" is back ......It would be a shame if no one noticed. I know what that’s like.
I know what some of you may be thinking, but, I'm leaning toward the "A"
stands for Art
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Penn State’s new president Neeli Bendapudi on her early priorities — and some personal favorites
See the link below. From the article:
”It’s been about a month since Neeli Bendapudi took over as Pennsylvania State University’s first female president and first president of color.
Bendapudi, 58, says it’s too early to lay out her full agenda for the more than 97,000-student school. But the former president of the University of Louisville shared some of her early priorities during an interview earlier this month from her office at Penn State’s main campus.
While she officially became president on May 9, Bendapudi — who will earn an annual salary of $950,000 under a contract that runs through the 2026-27 academic year — arrived on campus seven weeks before that to work alongside outgoing president Eric J. Barron. She’s already visited all but two of the university’s 19 Commonwealth or branch campuses across the state. An early priority, she said, will be to make sure they get the attention they need to flourish.”
And,
”Bendapudi also attended her first meeting of Big Ten Conference presidents last weekend. During the interview, she acknowledged the debate over compensation for college athletes, something that Jay Paterno, a Penn State board member and son of the late football coach Joe Paterno, wrote about recently. He advocated for legislation that would allow athletes to organize and participate in collective bargaining, and require major universities “to develop a revenue sharing plan” that would augment scholarships athletes already receive.
“The idea that athletes should have an opportunity to take part and benefit in some way, [given] what they contribute to the university, it makes sense to me,” Bendapudi said. “I just don’t want us to ever lose sight that our primary goal is the education of these young people because at some point, there is time beyond the buzzer, for anyone. Our role is to make sure we keep up the academic promise to them.””
And,
”Next month, she’ll address trustees at her first regular board meeting as president, where the board will likely set tuition for next year. While Bendapudi wasn’t ready to say whether she’ll back an increase, she said tuition hikes are acceptable if additional money is applied to student aid to reduce the burden on those who can least afford it.”
www.inquirer.com
See the link below. From the article:
”It’s been about a month since Neeli Bendapudi took over as Pennsylvania State University’s first female president and first president of color.
Bendapudi, 58, says it’s too early to lay out her full agenda for the more than 97,000-student school. But the former president of the University of Louisville shared some of her early priorities during an interview earlier this month from her office at Penn State’s main campus.
While she officially became president on May 9, Bendapudi — who will earn an annual salary of $950,000 under a contract that runs through the 2026-27 academic year — arrived on campus seven weeks before that to work alongside outgoing president Eric J. Barron. She’s already visited all but two of the university’s 19 Commonwealth or branch campuses across the state. An early priority, she said, will be to make sure they get the attention they need to flourish.”
And,
”Bendapudi also attended her first meeting of Big Ten Conference presidents last weekend. During the interview, she acknowledged the debate over compensation for college athletes, something that Jay Paterno, a Penn State board member and son of the late football coach Joe Paterno, wrote about recently. He advocated for legislation that would allow athletes to organize and participate in collective bargaining, and require major universities “to develop a revenue sharing plan” that would augment scholarships athletes already receive.
“The idea that athletes should have an opportunity to take part and benefit in some way, [given] what they contribute to the university, it makes sense to me,” Bendapudi said. “I just don’t want us to ever lose sight that our primary goal is the education of these young people because at some point, there is time beyond the buzzer, for anyone. Our role is to make sure we keep up the academic promise to them.””
And,
”Next month, she’ll address trustees at her first regular board meeting as president, where the board will likely set tuition for next year. While Bendapudi wasn’t ready to say whether she’ll back an increase, she said tuition hikes are acceptable if additional money is applied to student aid to reduce the burden on those who can least afford it.”
Penn State’s new president Neeli Bendapudi on her early priorities — and some personal favorites
She's got her eye on the branch campuses and health system, but her first priority is student success.
www.inquirer.com
That statement is more than a little scary.Penn State’s new president Neeli Bendapudi on her early priorities — and some personal favorites
See the link below. From the article:
”It’s been about a month since Neeli Bendapudi took over as Pennsylvania State University’s first female president and first president of color.
Bendapudi, 58, says it’s too early to lay out her full agenda for the more than 97,000-student school. But the former president of the University of Louisville shared some of her early priorities during an interview earlier this month from her office at Penn State’s main campus.
While she officially became president on May 9, Bendapudi — who will earn an annual salary of $950,000 under a contract that runs through the 2026-27 academic year — arrived on campus seven weeks before that to work alongside outgoing president Eric J. Barron. She’s already visited all but two of the university’s 19 Commonwealth or branch campuses across the state. An early priority, she said, will be to make sure they get the attention they need to flourish.”
And,
”Bendapudi also attended her first meeting of Big Ten Conference presidents last weekend. During the interview, she acknowledged the debate over compensation for college athletes, something that Jay Paterno, a Penn State board member and son of the late football coach Joe Paterno, wrote about recently. He advocated for legislation that would allow athletes to organize and participate in collective bargaining, and require major universities “to develop a revenue sharing plan” that would augment scholarships athletes already receive.
“The idea that athletes should have an opportunity to take part and benefit in some way, [given] what they contribute to the university, it makes sense to me,” Bendapudi said. “I just don’t want us to ever lose sight that our primary goal is the education of these young people because at some point, there is time beyond the buzzer, for anyone. Our role is to make sure we keep up the academic promise to them.””
And,
”Next month, she’ll address trustees at her first regular board meeting as president, where the board will likely set tuition for next year. While Bendapudi wasn’t ready to say whether she’ll back an increase, she said tuition hikes are acceptable if additional money is applied to student aid to reduce the burden on those who can least afford it.”
Penn State’s new president Neeli Bendapudi on her early priorities — and some personal favorites
She's got her eye on the branch campuses and health system, but her first priority is student success.
Heard it somewhere else first, but appreciate you covering the base.
You have to make it more expensive to make it less expensive? You just can't make this up.
The fat cats pay for the unwashed. Nothing new.
The real beauty of her statement is she didn't mention any numbers that would be flowing to the unwashed.
If it were only that simple. I'm willing to bet that there are a lot of students attending PSU whose families are not in the "fat cat" category, but won't qualify for the financial aid that Dr. Bendapudi is contemplating. Yet, these students/families will get saddled with higher tuition since, last time I looked, it's not indexed to any ability-to-pay scale. So, these students/families will need to borrow more to pay for the educations of the "unwashed."The fat cats pay for the unwashed. Nothing new.
It was a poorly thought out statement, if any thought was given to it at all. Unfortunately, this is all too common among educational elites.
Are we scared, yet?
I'm all for providing those from economically disadvantaged situations the opportunity for an education. But find the financing for it elsewere, not on the backs of folks who are already stretching their resources to pay for their own kids. Better targeting would be be to hit some truly "fat cat" donors
No. Academe doesn’t work that way. The Board has already had their say. Apologies if this was posted TIC.
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