“IS IT TRUE” DECEMBER 17, 2020

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We hope that today’s “IS IT TRUE” will provoke honest and open dialogue concerning issues that we, as responsible citizens of this community, need to address in a rational and responsible way.
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IS IT TRUE that colleges and universities across the United States have been dealing with challenges they had never thought of due to the coronavirus pandemic, competition from online courses, Community Colleges, and the lack of future pro-active and visionary planning?
IS IT TRUE that the future of higher education has been quietly trending toward online education offerings and the pandemic has just accelerated the speed of change that College Administrators have mostly failed to foresee or even acknowledge?
IS IT TRUE the University of Evansville Board of Trustees is planning to eliminate 17 majors and three departments?…this will enable the layoff of roughly 25% of faculty members serving those degrees?…we been told that many people are wondering how many overpaid and unnecessary administrators are included in the proposed cuts?
IS IT TRUE that the financial woes of the University Of Evansville didn’t happen overnight and won’t be corrected overnight?  …that the Administration at U Of E is giving the impression that they are in a “Management by Crisis” mode?
IS IT TRUE it been alleged that a University of Evansville spokesperson told a member of the local media that they weren’t allowed to come on campus during the recent peaceful protest? …one word that put members of the mainstream media in a combative mode is CENSORSHIP?
IS IT TRUE that Colleges and Universities all across America are designing and implementing academic programs that prepare students for a lifetime of work?  …that many College administrators feel that soft majors that do not help a student become more marketable as an adult should be axed, but technology degrees should not?
IS IT TRUE we are surprised to hear that the U of E President wants to put the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science on the chopping block along with the degrees offered in that college?…electrical engineering, computer science, and computer engineering, all of which are slated to be eliminated are some of the most highly paid and demanded degrees across the country?…these degrees routinely see starting salaries of over $100,000 offered to graduates with no work experience whatsoever?…ending those degrees will put the entire region at a disadvantage for future business growth and attraction?
IS IT TRUE eliminating of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science degrees will also make it necessary for the best and brightest local high school graduates to go elsewhere to college and we will never see them again as they pursue lucrative careers elsewhere?…they won’t even have any reason to consider Evansville as a place to telecommute from?
IS IT TRUE many people agreed with the U of E student statement “that the professors at U of E are the school and that academics should be the last place to cut, not the first place to cut”?
IS IT TRUE it’s a well-known fact that Athletic Departments at Colleges and Universities all over America have operating budgets exceeding anywhere from $15 million to $50 million dollars?…that the fat and waste in Colleges and Universities athletic department budgets these days is as bad or worse than the fat and waste in government purchasing departments where a $700 hammer is seen as a steal?
IS IT TRUE that Intercollegiate athletic programs will increase the overall enrollment at Universities and Colleges only if they consistently produce nationally ranked teams?
IS IT TRUE that some of the peaceful protesters feel that scaling back on Intercollegiate athletics would be a better option for making budget cuts?  …they also believe that switching to NCCA Division D3 would save money so U of E administrators wouldn’t have to get rid of whole departments and faculty members?”  …that some of the peaceful protesters also allege that the current athletic program budget at U of E is around $12 million dollars a year and operates at a serious deficit?
IS IT TRUE that many people feel that a vote of “No Confidence” against an administrator by members of a college faculty could be a career-ender?
IS IT TRUE that the un-reasonable academic criteria mandated by the Regional Higher Education Commission are known to cause Colleges serious budgetary and curricular development problems?
IS IT TRUE that members of the U of E  Board of Trustees are outstanding public servants with a great deal of professional and life experiences?  …that members of the U of E Board of Trustees should be aware that the decisions they make concerning the future direction of U of E turn out to be harmful to the future growth of the University it could stain their impeccable repetitions?
IS IT TRUE that the critical decisions concerning the future of U of E might best be made with outside professional consultation and facilitation?  …that this move might enable discussions that reflect corporate thinking in the best interests of the University?
IS IT TRUE that many people feel if the University Of Evansville Board of Trustees follows through with the current publically announced proposed budget cuts, this is will be a sad day for the valuable tenured professors, support staff, students, local employers, alumni, and our region?
IS IT TRUE that the plan to distribute a complimentary printed edition of the City-County Observer in an orderly and calculated manner is really moving in the right direction?  … sometime in the very near future, we will be announcing the permanent locations for you to pick up copies of the printed edition of the CCO? …that our professionally designed newspaper racks have just arrived?
IS IT TRUE we are pleased in the way that the good folks at local TV Channel 14 are providing the masses with up-to-date local news, weather, and sports?  …we are so impressed by the way they are providing current and accurate news that we have included Channel 14 TV in our 2021 advertising budget?  …we are extremely impressed with the way that Evan Gorman is presenting the nightly news for Channel 14?
When the people fear the Government we have Tyranny!  When the Government fears the people we have Liberty!
Todays ‘Readers Poll” question is: What  Department should the University of Evansville Board of Trustees cut first?
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3 COMMENTS

  1. Is it true that our hideous Schools of Teacher Education with their obscene focus on “pedagogical process” at the expense of knowledge content have done, and are doing, real damage to the education of our children?

    Yes.

  2. Is it True that Mr. Kissel has political axes to grind and thus rarely has an objective or accurate complaint? Yes.

  3. Is it true that some people feel threatened when the educational status quo, built on vile Schools of Teacher Education, is denounced for good reason because that status quo needs to be overthrown and replaced by a real education system that aspires to have our students know, for example, who Georgia O’Keeffe is, what happened at Appomattox, and what a quantum jump is?

    Yes.

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