[Vision2020] Remove Staben now

[Ron Force]

Presidential searches these days are run by professional search firms who
have databases of tried and true candidates (usually at least one or more
president terms in their background) and  promising young up-and-comers
(provosts and law or medical deans). To satisfy more conservative tastes
they can throw in non-academics--business men and politicians. What all of
these have in common is they're careerists, looking to build a reputation
before moving on to the next big thing. But, don't stay too long or the
B.S.will catch up to you. The average tenure of college and university
presidents these days is 6 years.

I've seen a lot of presidents come and go at the UI. What the careerists
all have in common is they come in expecting if they do a good job, show
some growth in priority areas, serve the state, and keep the students
happy, the Board of Education and the Legislature will recognize and reward
the institution. What happens, of course, is regardless of results they cut
the budget and tell the UI to keep on doing more with less. Who'd want to
stay under those circumstances? What's remarkable is that they find
candidates naive enough to take the job to begin with.

I don't know the Stabens, met him and his wife a couple of times. I do know
that she was hoping to find a medical slot in town, but had to go to Boise
for an opening. They also own a home in Taos, so the New Mexico opening may
have looked tempting.  If you expect loyalty and stability from a
president, the president has a right to have that reciprocated by the
state. So far, that hasn't been forthcoming.

Ron Force
Moscow Idaho USA

On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Debi Smith <Debismith at moscow.com> wrote:

> I am on that page! Finally, something both lefty and righty Moscowvites
> have in common...we dislike being lied to, abhor those who make disloyal
> promises, and "quitters" in general.
>
> Staben needs to go. He has zero commitment here. On the other hand (I'm
> trying to be fair, even though I'm really annoyed and don't want to give
> him the benefit of the doubt), why did he want to get the heck out of Dodge
> so soon? Seems like it would be a very nice position.....what is/was the
> trouble that made him want to pack up? Better salary?( well, yeah). Issues
> on campus? Community issues? Very cold and snowy on the frozen tundra?
> Inquiring minds want to know....."Things change" is not an explanation.
>
> My conclusion is this guy is another con artist. Not the first U of I
> president with that credential......Still paying for some past "oopsie"s in
> that regard.
>
> Debi R-S
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> On 11/11/2017 6:21 PM, lfalen wrote:
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>> I agree with Gerald
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>> Roger
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> Subject: [Vision2020] Remove Staben now
>> From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
>> To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>> Date: 11/11/17 23:57:48
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>>   Courtesy of today's (November 11, 2017) Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
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>> Letter: Remove Staben now
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>> That University of Idaho President Chuck Staben is even allowed on the
>> campus is a fundamental violation of sound organizational principle. When
>> it is known that an upper management employee is actively seeking other
>> employment, the employee must be terminated immediately (for reasons that
>> should be obvious).
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>> If there is an employment contract, then the organization pays the
>> employee to stay home. As a matter of record, Staben is seeking other
>> employment.
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>> When your spouse is openly dating someone else, the marriage is clearly
>> over. His future and that of the UI are mutually exclusive.
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>> The UI must immediately appoint an interim president and begin the
>> process of searching for a permanent replacement. Staben is the fifth UI
>> president in the last 10 years, and the lack of stability and continuity at
>> the top is causing lasting damage to an institution that many of us love.
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>> When Staben took the job as UI president, he said the fact that his wife
>> was moving to Moscow was irrefutable evidence of his intention to stay on
>> the job for a long time. She barely got off the airplane before she got a
>> job in Boise and bought a house there.
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>> No matter how many words Staben throws at it, his wife does not live
>> anywhere near Moscow and never has.
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>> His stated primary goal at the UI is to increase enrollment. Recently, he
>> claimed that enrollment is up, but that is true only by counting high
>> school kids who are taking dual-credit classes. When asked about the
>> retention rates of those kids, Staben said, in effect, that isn't a fair
>> question since they're not UI students.
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>> Staben obviously thinks us Idahoans are hicks dumb enough to swallow that
>> nonsense. The fact that he is still on campus is clear evidence that he may
>> be correct.
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>> Gerard Connelly, Moscow
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>> Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .
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>> "Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
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>> http://www.MoscowCares.com
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>> Tom Hansen
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>> Moscow, Idaho
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