Rumor Smasher I

Some parties associated with The Unmentionables have begun suggesting that Edison's faculty, through the ESEA, have demanded a reduction in administrative salaries as part of KY's attempt to force a 'faculty give-back,' whatever that means. The. rumor. is. another. damn. lie.

Neither the faculty, nor the union, have any say over how much administrators, staff or other employees are paid. The ESEA has not even agreed to reopen the faculty contract, and have not, as such, made any demands on KY. Any reduction in salaries at Edison is all KY, or his Strategeric Director of Human Resources, or whomever in our organizational shrub he assigns to do his bidding.

A bald attempt at 'divide and conquer?' You bet. But it won't work. Those Resisting are doing so for Edison, for all of us, for our students, for the future of our College. Now this, dedicated to all of them:

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

How about we just demand a reduction in the number of administrators? It'd be a good start. Better yet, start that reduction at the top. Lose most of the top 10 salaries and most of Edison's woes will go away. Plus that morale dashboard thingy will shoot right up there.

Anonymous said...

CQI Consent and Quit Inquiring

The inexperience of administrators ruling over areas they know nothing about is forgivable if they truly administrate rather than “rule.” Service is a core value at Edison, but to many administrators at Edison it is service to their own power. When “TRUTH” is pored through a funnel of a hand full of self-serving administrators, justice is stomped on. Worse yet service to our students, academic integrity, creativity and civility to fellow human beings are also trampled.

How can a former instructor who only taught anatomy and physiology (without, by all academic standards, qualifications) be making decisions about people in jobs that person has never done. Worse yet, these decisions are made without consulting the person doing the given job. I am sure we all have been in jobs in which your supervisor did not know the details of your job, but trusted you to do it and do it well. This has not been the case at Edison the past three years.

This insane administrative practice has cost Edison numerous creative and energetic faculty and good administrators. Many of these lost precious resources have left with the administration attempting to portray them as non-team members.

There is no open debate on academic maters or any subject for that matter at Edison. If you attempt to have an open and civil debate you are branded as one who is violating Edison’s so called core values. What an irony that such lofty ideals are used to impose such a repressive style of administration.

At Edison, the members of the Board of Trustees are the arbiters of how well the college is functioning. There single source of information is through the President. When they did allow a faculty leader to address the Board, they allow the President to strap the faculty member in a straight jacket. Even before the faculty leader could speak, the President dictated the context of the decision. The faculty was in a poker game in which the President was openly dealing from the bottom of the deck. Hopefully this was not lost on all the Board members and they will take action to remedy the present situation with a positive result for the Edison community.

Anonymous said...

Corrections for the last paragraph of the previous (Anonymous)^2

At Edison, the members of the Board of Trustees are the arbiters of how well the college is functioning. THEIR single source of information is through the President. When they did allow a faculty leader to address the Board, they allow the President to strap the faculty member in a straight jacket. Even before the faculty leader could speak, the President dictated the context of the DISCUSSSION. The faculty was in a poker game in which the President was openly dealing from the bottom of the deck. Hopefully this was not lost on all the Board members and they will take action to remedy the present situation with a positive result for the Edison community.

(Anonymous)^2 did not take COM121S from Dave J.

Anonymous said...

Consent and Quit Inquiring has JS nailed. Explains why one of such ilk is so beholding to the master. Clearly illustrates how KY works. He takes poorly qualified individuals he can control and advances them into power positions he can manipulate. It is a repeating pattern which applies to all his loyal minions -- JS, LP, SB, CR, DR. Probably others. Under his thumb, the squirrely dogs.