2008 Woodie Awards
Editorial: UTM knows students' needs better than outside company
Issue date: 1/16/07 Section: Viewpoints
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During the Christmas break, the university hired a search company from Atlanta to conduct a search for the new chancellor.
We wonder why an outside committee has to be called in to conduct a search. When UTM was looking to fill positions for the Public Safety director and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, a search company wasn't hired.
We wonder if this outside company will keep the students' wants and needs in mind when they submit the finalists' names to the UTM chancellor search committee. Will an outside company know the environment and atmosphere of UTM? We hope the committee ensures that it does.
We question why the UT system is spending money on an outside company when it would cost less for UTM to pick a new chancellor. Also, we believe that if the chancellor was picked by the campus committee, the students' concerns and our environment would be better represented.
The local search committees were efficient for filling other positions. What makes the chancellor search any different? UTM's staff and faculty know what UTM needs. A company from Atlanta won't know and won't have to live with its recommendations.
Another issue we have is the money being spent on the outside search firm. The UT system could save a lot of money by letting the UTM search committee complete this important task. This is money that could be used on many other items systemwide.
UTM is quite capable of picking a new chancellor. Are we not intelligent or intuitive enough to know what we want or does an Atlanta company have to decide that for us?
We wonder why an outside committee has to be called in to conduct a search. When UTM was looking to fill positions for the Public Safety director and the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, a search company wasn't hired.
We wonder if this outside company will keep the students' wants and needs in mind when they submit the finalists' names to the UTM chancellor search committee. Will an outside company know the environment and atmosphere of UTM? We hope the committee ensures that it does.
We question why the UT system is spending money on an outside company when it would cost less for UTM to pick a new chancellor. Also, we believe that if the chancellor was picked by the campus committee, the students' concerns and our environment would be better represented.
The local search committees were efficient for filling other positions. What makes the chancellor search any different? UTM's staff and faculty know what UTM needs. A company from Atlanta won't know and won't have to live with its recommendations.
Another issue we have is the money being spent on the outside search firm. The UT system could save a lot of money by letting the UTM search committee complete this important task. This is money that could be used on many other items systemwide.
UTM is quite capable of picking a new chancellor. Are we not intelligent or intuitive enough to know what we want or does an Atlanta company have to decide that for us?
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