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Why hasn’t F King been fired yet?
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:23 pm
President of LSU gets paid 500-600k a year easily by the taxpayers of Louisiana plus other perks such as a mansion. Yet, year after year, LSU has continuously dropped in the USNWR rankings. You can cite other rankings lists where LSU has gone up, they aren’t reputable like USNWR. I still remember just in 2015 that LSU was #129, then #135, now it’s #153. You fired Les Miles, but you won’t fire yourself... Obviously what he’s doing isn’t working and new leadership is needed badly and has been for a long time.
This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 9:25 pm
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Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:24 pm to Parmen
It's not F King time
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:24 pm to Parmen
It’s not about academics or athletics, it’s about being a social justice warrior.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:24 pm to Parmen
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I still remember just in 2015 that LSU was #129, then #135, now it’s #153.
You want to fire him based on these silly USNWR rankings?
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:25 pm to Parmen
You can thank Roboeyto Boucher
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:25 pm to Parmen
So football is your reasoning
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:26 pm to Parmen
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was #129, then #135, now it’s #153.
theyre pretty much throwing darts once you get into the hundreds
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:26 pm to Parmen
Not enough people have grabbed their pitchforks and torches.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:29 pm to Parmen
I'm going to work backwards and make it clear that I agree with your last sentence quoted below...
But to answer your questions.
Because the Board of Supervisors hasn't terminated his contract.
Lol that thing isn't that nice...and he hadn't lived in it until about 3 months ago when he put his house on the market...presumably because he knows he's on a short leash.
Anyone that bases their decision on where to attend college based on the US News rankings shouldn't be in college. The bulk of the weight of those rankings is a combination of a beauty pageant or easily manipulated data to get a higher ranking.
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Obviously what he’s doing isn’t working and new leadership is needed badly and has been for a long time.
But to answer your questions.
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Why hasn’t F King been fired yet?
Because the Board of Supervisors hasn't terminated his contract.
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plus other perks such as a mansion
Lol that thing isn't that nice...and he hadn't lived in it until about 3 months ago when he put his house on the market...presumably because he knows he's on a short leash.
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Yet, year after year, LSU has continuously dropped in the USNWR rankings. You can cite other rankings lists where LSU has gone up, they aren’t reputable like USNWR.
Anyone that bases their decision on where to attend college based on the US News rankings shouldn't be in college. The bulk of the weight of those rankings is a combination of a beauty pageant or easily manipulated data to get a higher ranking.
This post was edited on 9/10/19 at 9:31 pm
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:31 pm to Parmen
He just beat Texas.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 9:42 pm to Parmen
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such as a mansion.
No. He doesn't get a mansion.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:01 pm to Parmen
Look, FKA was a terrible choice to lead LSU from the start. He had no clue about how to run a major research university with a strong athletic program, and it shows on a regular basis. Of course LSU has faced major budgetary constraints during his tenure, but even in that context his instincts have been wrong the vast majority of the time, and LSU has suffered as a result. LSU has faced controversy after controversy stemming from mismanagement under his watch, in part because he has been insufficiently engaged in oversight of the work of the university.
When FKA imposes his will, he is almost always wrong. One case in point: LSU is undergoing a transformation that has drawn little attention but which threatens the flagship status of the university. The administration at LSU is trying to turn the university into an online university, with the result that the academic experiences of students on the residential campus and the research mission of the university will be diminished considerably. LSU hired a person from the University of Southern New Hampshire who has little experience with a university like LSU; she has been charged with transforming the university into an online university, and this is guaranteed to diminish the academic quality of the university. The efforts to transform LSU into a Southern New Hampshire-type university has occurred under the direction of FKA, who does not have a clue about how to run a flagship university with a major research mission. Adding some online courses is one thing; transforming LSU into a university with a heavy online presence (while diminishing the residential educational experience and the research mission of the university) is another.
I agree that new leadership is desperately needed.
When FKA imposes his will, he is almost always wrong. One case in point: LSU is undergoing a transformation that has drawn little attention but which threatens the flagship status of the university. The administration at LSU is trying to turn the university into an online university, with the result that the academic experiences of students on the residential campus and the research mission of the university will be diminished considerably. LSU hired a person from the University of Southern New Hampshire who has little experience with a university like LSU; she has been charged with transforming the university into an online university, and this is guaranteed to diminish the academic quality of the university. The efforts to transform LSU into a Southern New Hampshire-type university has occurred under the direction of FKA, who does not have a clue about how to run a flagship university with a major research mission. Adding some online courses is one thing; transforming LSU into a university with a heavy online presence (while diminishing the residential educational experience and the research mission of the university) is another.
I agree that new leadership is desperately needed.
Posted on 9/10/19 at 11:10 pm to Parmen
He still spends shitloads of money. That is the measure of success in higher education
Posted on 9/11/19 at 1:19 pm to Parmen
Posted on 9/11/19 at 2:06 pm to Parmen
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Why hasn’t F King been fired yet?
Because as bad as certain situations played out publically, it is difficult to fire someone who has seen the university reach record numbers in enrollment not to mention this year's incoming class has the highest avg ACT and HS GPA scores in school history
The reason LSU dropped in most rankings is because their grading scale includes % state funding which has fallen off a cliff over the last decade
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