Breaking News! This might be BIG!
Three unions on campus, INCLUDING the faculty, have just endorse Tressel for president. On Monday, Tressel stated that the faculty would be a crucial determinant if by some chance both schools selected him. Well....!
Breaking News......!!!!
Actually, the endorsement was by the union presidents and not the unions. I have seen the press release. Vindy either got it wrong or tried to sensationalized the story.
As I have indicated before, I did not observe any strong supports or objections from the faculty members. I still maintain that the faculty members are somewhat neutral.
I watched all three presentations. It is clear to me that all three candidates stressed cost cutting to satisfy the BOT.
However, Tressel was only one spoke about how budget could be balanced via cost control and revenue enhancement. IMO, revenue enhancement includes increase enrollment, student retention, funding raising, research grants, tuition & fees.
As a former engineering manager of a large automaker, I can speak with my past experience. We stressed cost cutting to the point that we all used to say among our ranks that it would cut us from existence. We reduced researching, product development, and product safety margins. We also knew that, I as a result, we would have quality problems within 5-10 years.
It eventually happened. The company went bankrupt and in the last 6 months, it initiated the largest recall in the company's history.
I hope YSU does not go down that path. YSU has been reducing critical classes to a point where many students had to wait another year in order to take that class. As a result, since they could not graduate in a reasonable time, they dropped out and transferred to other colleges.
Since this is a website for YSU sports, I will not post this in the future. I posted it because of the Tressel issue and what/how he might impact the YSU sports in case he became the president of this university.
