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Friday, November 04, 2005
CSU-P’s Top Administrator Thinks It Can Be Master Class
A message from the CSU system Chancellor is mostly fluff without substance.
As a follow-up to my blog a couple of days ago, here’s a link to some nice emptiness from Larry Penley, the Chancellor for the CSU system.
Notice how the article doesn’t really say anything except that Dr. Penley thinks the university has potential. He says he thinks CSU-P can become a top regional Master I university. But while some general themes are listed, there’s no outline of steps to be taken to achieve that goal, and no mention of how that would benefit Pueblo, and no mention of what Pueblo can do to help. Exactly how are they planning to “develop a strong connection to the community and promote economic development?”
Dr. Penley talks about quality of service to the students, but exactly what are the services Dr. Penley thinks the university should be providing?
Finally, there is no mention of success for students in terms of careers. As I noted earlier, Puebloans will define success in terms of what kinds of jobs students get upon graduation, but the closest Penley comes to addressing this concept is noting a goal of providing “access to success” to students.
As I’ve said before, just because Puebloans don’t have as many college degress per capita as other places, doesn’t mean they’re stupid. Cut the nice sounding phrases and tell us what the plan REALLY is.