Spotlight PA again exposes BOT failings....this time with data

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My favorite passage: during a failed campaign for an alumni-elected board seat, Schuyler said trustees needed to be “vastly more transparent” with students, employees, and the public.

“We do this through open meetings and a true dialogue with the entire university community,” Schuyler told the Centre Daily Times at the time.

But with Schuyler as chair, board leadership requested that trustees ask questions during a private session so the public meeting in May 2023 could move more quickly, according to internal communications. When a trustee spoke about university spending during the public meeting, Schuyler responded: “Thank you for coming to life at our public sessions and not mentioning these things at our previous three sessions discussing these matters.”

In other words, Matty Lice is a friggin' liar who couldn't get elected by alumni but now wants to dictate who alumni can vote for

 

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And now to the data

Spotlight PA’s analysis found that between 2019 and 2024, the full Penn State board met for nearly 49 hours and spent around 3 hours and 43 minutes, or 7.6%, of that time deliberating university business before a vote. The discussion in most meetings totals only a few minutes, if there is any at all.

What did they spend time on you might ask?

Penn State trustees’ public deliberations have been heavily weighted toward two topics: changes to the board’s bylaws — including how trustees attain or retain a seat — and athletics-related proposals, including the stadium renovation, alcohol sales at athletics events, and renovations to a football building. These two subjects accounted for nearly 143 minutes, or 64%, of the board’s public deliberations since January 2019, Spotlight PA’s analysis showed.

 

[NittPicker]

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My favorite passage: during a failed campaign for an alumni-elected board seat, Schuyler said trustees needed to be “vastly more transparent” with students, employees, and the public.

“We do this through open meetings and a true dialogue with the entire university community,” Schuyler told the Centre Daily Times at the time.

But with Schuyler as chair, board leadership requested that trustees ask questions during a private session so the public meeting in May 2023 could move more quickly, according to internal communications. When a trustee spoke about university spending during the public meeting, Schuyler responded: “Thank you for coming to life at our public sessions and not mentioning these things at our previous three sessions discussing these matters.”

In other words, Matty Lice is a friggin' liar who couldn't get elected by alumni but now wants to dictate who alumni can vote for

Trustees often talk about the necessity of being open and transparent. It all sounds great when they're spinning how seriously they take their responsibilities. In practice, they're wannabe tyrants who hate being questioned about the decisions they make.

 

[LionJim]

General rule of thumb in academia: if people spend any significant amount of time talking about issues with and within the Board of Trustees, you’ve got a problem.

 

[BobPSU92]

I’m sure it’s all just a misunderstanding.

 

[84lion]

Trustees often talk about the necessity of being open and transparent. It all sounds great when they're spinning how seriously they take their responsibilities. In practice, they're wannabe tyrants who hate being questioned about the decisions they make.

Sounds like an HOA board, school board members, or county commissioners.

I keep telling my wife that the next home we buy will be in a community with no HOA.

 

[ApexLion]

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Worth a read

My favorite passage: during a failed campaign for an alumni-elected board seat, Schuyler said trustees needed to be “vastly more transparent” with students, employees, and the public.

“We do this through open meetings and a true dialogue with the entire university community,” Schuyler told the Centre Daily Times at the time.

But with Schuyler as chair, board leadership requested that trustees ask questions during a private session so the public meeting in May 2023 could move more quickly, according to internal communications. When a trustee spoke about university spending during the public meeting, Schuyler responded: “Thank you for coming to life at our public sessions and not mentioning these things at our previous three sessions discussing these matters.”

In other words, Matty Lice is a friggin' liar who couldn't get elected by alumni but now wants to dictate who alumni can vote for

Nothing has changed since 1982 when the BOT was told to abide by PA's open meetings laws or receive nothing from the state. Since, then, it's been lip service.

 

[Zenophile]

 

[Keyser Soze 16802]

Kevin Horne was on the wrong side of things as a student, but he clearly gets it now

 

[NittPicker]

I can remember the good old days when there was a public comments portion of the agenda. After 2011, more people wanted to comment and many of them were critical of the board. IIRC, during one of those sessions was when Ken Frazier made his infamous "people who look like you" remark. Soon the collective thin skinned board moved public comments to a time when the board wasn't in the room. Maybe they were somewhere curled up in a corner sucking their thumbs. A board above criticism and unable to self-evaluate. What a shame.

I'm not even sure if any sort of public comments are allowed nowadays. I doubt it since the board does all it can to protect itself.

 

[Psumatt85]

LINK

Worth a read

My favorite passage: during a failed campaign for an alumni-elected board seat, Schuyler said trustees needed to be “vastly more transparent” with students, employees, and the public.

“We do this through open meetings and a true dialogue with the entire university community,” Schuyler told the Centre Daily Times at the time.

But with Schuyler as chair, board leadership requested that trustees ask questions during a private session so the public meeting in May 2023 could move more quickly, according to internal communications. When a trustee spoke about university spending during the public meeting, Schuyler responded: “Thank you for coming to life at our public sessions and not mentioning these things at our previous three sessions discussing these matters.”

In other words, Matty Lice is a friggin' liar who couldn't get elected by alumni but now wants to dictate who alumni can vote for

I’ll say it again. Why does anyone give these jokers any money

 

[Zenophile]

Kevin Horne was on the wrong side of things as a student, but he clearly gets it now

He wasn’t entirely on the wrong side of things.

An Open Letter to Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann called out my story on his show last night for being insensitive to victims. Here's why he's wrong.

onwardstate.com

 

[JohnJumba]

The BoT have been nothing but self serving scum for decades. Limiting meeting attendance because they were tired of being confronted demonstrates what scurrilous swine they are.

Along with continued rigging of the election process.