The outrage was quickly hushed as Bruce did a respectable job. Did the UofI get better or worse under his guidance? Bruce knew how to make things happen, he is\was able to see big pictures and get to end result by being open minded and inclusive. To your "hiring a store manager..." If all you ever do is invite the same people to the same meetings and ask the same questions, you will never get different answers. The panel brought 4 finalists, if you are upset with their hire - replace the panel (regents). He was far from a store manager (see below for what he had done). Would you consider Elon Musk a successful business man?
PEople were up in arms because he wasn't "one of them" being hired. Harreld participated on consulting teams at
Boston Consulting Group and aided in opening additional offices in
Chicago and
Munich, eventually serving as
vice president and board member until 1983. He then worked as senior vice president and
division president at Kraft Foods until 1993, overseeing the frozen food unit.
From 1993 to 1994, Harreld was an adjunct professor at
Northwestern University. He was also
president and board member at
Boston Market from 1993 to 1995, a time of massive expansion for the company. Harreld later served as
senior vice president at
IBM from 1995 to 2008, overseeing strategic restructuring of the organization. From 2008 to 2014, Harreld was an adjunct professor at
Harvard Business School in both the entrepreneurial and strategy units.
"Under his leadership, the university has seen significant increases in research grants, increased graduation rates, implemented an open and transparent budgeting process, and added new health care and academic facilities," according to a Thursday statement from the university.
I get it - he wasn't an "academia snob" so "off with his head!" I am sure the next one they hire will fit more of the liberal (coddling) mind. But be careful as the "gender-neutral" crowd continues their squeaking of the wheel they will negatively impact people. Kamala Harris is no longer the first "woman" VP, with gender neutral taking the stage, Kamala is just "another" VP. The first girl to get Eagle Scout is no longer the first, they are just "another" Eagle Scout... oh the web that is being weaved...
I understand liberal institutions only want like-minded people to be "included" (which is directly opposite of their mantra for "inclusion and diversity"). Seems one group is open minded as long as everyone is of the same mindset and opinions are the same. Welcome to 2021, a real life "Stranger Things" where up is down, right is wrong, evil is good, the sky is green, the grass is blue, a guy is a girl, a girl is a guy, and equality tips the scales.