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[ale] [OT] Merger of Southern Polytechnic State with Kennesaw State
- Subject: [ale] [OT] Merger of Southern Polytechnic State with Kennesaw State
- From: ale at doc-x.net (Dylan Northrup)
- Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 16:39:38 -0500
- In-reply-to: <CAOy4VzerEob1AMBSByceXAL-HzJtQNxWkiyoFKMxd=LKuTWqxA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 12:18 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com>wrote:
>
> I don't know that KSU and SPSU merging is the right combination, but the
> USG has 35 separate colleges/universities, each with its own administration
> and administrative overhead -- maybe there's a better way to spend that
> money?
>
How about step 1: Forget the football team. Pretty sure that is and will
be more than a drop in the bucket represented by the president's cabinet
you detailed. Merging in SPSU seems more like empire building than a move
toward fiscal responsibility. Larger institutions have a larger voice when
talking with the USG and BoR for funding.
--
Dylan Northrup
"Adversity is just change we haven't adapted ourselves to yet."
- Aimee Mullins
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