[oldalum]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

[oldalum]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

[Maple Leaf]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

Posty and Tosty observation on the impact of losing games in a row to UM/Hardballs

[Maple Leaf]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

Posty and Tosty observation on the impact of losing games in a row to UM/Hardballs

[TreesAndBirds]

Theo Baker opinion piece in the NYT. It discusses both the specifics of the MTL case, as well as broader implications for how scientific research is reviewed/published and how research labs are run.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/opini...alist.html

[TreesAndBirds]

Theo Baker opinion piece in the NYT. It discusses both the specifics of the MTL case, as well as broader implications for how scientific research is reviewed/published and how research labs are run.


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/opini...alist.html

[82lsju]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

I guess you have never lived in Ohio...

[82lsju]

After 2 years on the job, the Board of Trustees requested her to resign in November 2022.

Seems like an unduly harsh reaction to losing two games in a row to UM.

I guess you have never lived in Ohio...

[ADPinWDC]

As a Stanford graduate, I care that the university is a force for good in society. When Tessier-Lavigne was hired, he spoke of Stanford as benefactor to humanity. It certainly can be, and I hope that it will be.

Stanford receives over a billion dollars per year in direct federal funding. Most of its students receive federal financial aid. Its dependence upon taxpayer dollars makes it a political creature. The university played a deliberate, prominent role in shaping public perceptions of the integrity of the 2020 election and validity of COVID fears and measures.

Not everyone agrees that private universities should receive taxpayer funds. A small number of such universities believes that taxpayer dollars have a corrupting influence and refuse them. Stanford chooses to receive federal funds in exchange for a healthy measure of federal control over its policies, through Title IX and other legislation and regulation.

Whomever Stanford chooses as its next president will be a political actor. Tessier-Lavigne testified before Congress, arguing for increases in federal funding of research universities. That the Board of Trustees would choose, for example, a president who is opposed on moral or political grounds to taxpayer funding of universities or their students is inconceivable. The board will instead choose someone who can foster a continuation, if not an increase, in that flow of funds.

Thus, like it or not, political considerations will infuse the selection process. The moral character and judgement of candidates will matter. Their past actions will be under scrutiny. If they have in the past exercised political power in an official capacity, how they exercised that power is certainly a subject of interest to all who care about Stanford.

This post is right on the money. No matter what else is true, if you take federal money you have to accept the terms that accompany it. I would prefer that the terms were less intrusive than they are at present, but if Stanford accepts the funding it cedes the corresponding control. That involves the University in politics, like it or not.
I would however argue that even if the government were not involved, the donors who in the past gave money to Stanford, and those who do in the future, also have a moral expectation of the University leadership, perhaps even more so than the one imposed by the government. The "moral character and judgement" would matter even if "national" politics was not involved at all. The alumni and students also have an opinion about their leadership. The BoT would always have to deal with the Presidents moral character and judgement even absent federal funds.

AGREE!  Branner shows an acute grasp of the harsh political reality in which we swim.  $Billions worth, not cheetos. 
And the Hoover Institution provides a platform for a number of former Cabinet members, from either party, not one party.  
And, those fellows argue policy -- up to their hips in it.

[ADPinWDC]

As a Stanford graduate, I care that the university is a force for good in society. When Tessier-Lavigne was hired, he spoke of Stanford as benefactor to humanity. It certainly can be, and I hope that it will be.

Stanford receives over a billion dollars per year in direct federal funding. Most of its students receive federal financial aid. Its dependence upon taxpayer dollars makes it a political creature. The university played a deliberate, prominent role in shaping public perceptions of the integrity of the 2020 election and validity of COVID fears and measures.

Not everyone agrees that private universities should receive taxpayer funds. A small number of such universities believes that taxpayer dollars have a corrupting influence and refuse them. Stanford chooses to receive federal funds in exchange for a healthy measure of federal control over its policies, through Title IX and other legislation and regulation.

Whomever Stanford chooses as its next president will be a political actor. Tessier-Lavigne testified before Congress, arguing for increases in federal funding of research universities. That the Board of Trustees would choose, for example, a president who is opposed on moral or political grounds to taxpayer funding of universities or their students is inconceivable. The board will instead choose someone who can foster a continuation, if not an increase, in that flow of funds.

Thus, like it or not, political considerations will infuse the selection process. The moral character and judgement of candidates will matter. Their past actions will be under scrutiny. If they have in the past exercised political power in an official capacity, how they exercised that power is certainly a subject of interest to all who care about Stanford.

This post is right on the money. No matter what else is true, if you take federal money you have to accept the terms that accompany it. I would prefer that the terms were less intrusive than they are at present, but if Stanford accepts the funding it cedes the corresponding control. That involves the University in politics, like it or not.
I would however argue that even if the government were not involved, the donors who in the past gave money to Stanford, and those who do in the future, also have a moral expectation of the University leadership, perhaps even more so than the one imposed by the government. The "moral character and judgement" would matter even if "national" politics was not involved at all. The alumni and students also have an opinion about their leadership. The BoT would always have to deal with the Presidents moral character and judgement even absent federal funds.

AGREE!  Branner shows an acute grasp of the harsh political reality in which we swim.  $Billions worth, not cheetos. 
And the Hoover Institution provides a platform for a number of former Cabinet members, from either party, not one party.  
And, those fellows argue policy -- up to their hips in it.

[Blue Hawk (Mizzou) Card]

Hmm. Who might be next??

Rather than who might be next... WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA? 

A)  No "Interlopers" -- must be a Stanford Alum or Faculty.  Someone familiar with "Stanford Experience" we knew

-- Free exchange of ideas, plenty of active involvement with great peers, Spring rush in the sunshine.  Mind-expanding thoughts.

1)  Other notable presidents.  Examples:  

President at Duke:  Dr. Vincent Price, MA 85 / PhD 87 from Stanford in Communications.  Currently serving 

President at Temple:  Jason Wingard, BA '92, served as a WR on Walsh's '92 Team (Pac-10 champs).  Anybody know him?

M.Ed from Harvard, PhD from Penn State in Ed-Culture & Society (what is that?).  Could do TV/Media rights during first week. 

Maybe John Bravman, President at Bucknell.  A STEM Ed guy. 

2)  Noble Laureates?  This guy:  Carl Wieman in Physics and Education, now on faculty.  Obama Science Advisor at White House.

https://physics.stanford.edu/people/carl-wieman

Wieman is my current favorite candidate because of devotion to STEM education, with the Nobel in pocket. On faculty now.  [/quote]



It hurts a little that, though this thread has now gone to multiple pages, nobody has mentioned the hardworking president of Dickinson State University. After all, I am an alum.

Just kidding, of course. Mostly, anyway. The part that really hurts is that MY SON is a regular reader and occasional poster on this site, and even he has failed to nominate me. Sheesh!

Serving as president of a small state school is not an adequate background, to be sure. But you know I would not suffer from the "I am embarrassed that Stanford is good at sports" problem that has plagued (approximately) half of the Stanford Presidents.

[Blue Hawk (Mizzou) Card]

Hmm. Who might be next??

Rather than who might be next... WHAT ARE THE CRITERIA? 

A)  No "Interlopers" -- must be a Stanford Alum or Faculty.  Someone familiar with "Stanford Experience" we knew

-- Free exchange of ideas, plenty of active involvement with great peers, Spring rush in the sunshine.  Mind-expanding thoughts.

1)  Other notable presidents.  Examples:  

President at Duke:  Dr. Vincent Price, MA 85 / PhD 87 from Stanford in Communications.  Currently serving 

President at Temple:  Jason Wingard, BA '92, served as a WR on Walsh's '92 Team (Pac-10 champs).  Anybody know him?

M.Ed from Harvard, PhD from Penn State in Ed-Culture & Society (what is that?).  Could do TV/Media rights during first week. 

Maybe John Bravman, President at Bucknell.  A STEM Ed guy. 

2)  Noble Laureates?  This guy:  Carl Wieman in Physics and Education, now on faculty.  Obama Science Advisor at White House.

https://physics.stanford.edu/people/carl-wieman

Wieman is my current favorite candidate because of devotion to STEM education, with the Nobel in pocket. On faculty now.  [/quote]



It hurts a little that, though this thread has now gone to multiple pages, nobody has mentioned the hardworking president of Dickinson State University. After all, I am an alum.

Just kidding, of course. Mostly, anyway. The part that really hurts is that MY SON is a regular reader and occasional poster on this site, and even he has failed to nominate me. Sheesh!

Serving as president of a small state school is not an adequate background, to be sure. But you know I would not suffer from the "I am embarrassed that Stanford is good at sports" problem that has plagued (approximately) half of the Stanford Presidents.

[BobK]

You sold me. Blue Hawk come west sir come west

[BobK]

You sold me. Blue Hawk come west sir come west

[fullmetal]

Blue Hawk for president! :)

[fullmetal]

Blue Hawk for president! :)

[Mick]

Blue Hawk for president! :)

+1

[Mick]

Blue Hawk for president! :)

+1

[jonnyss]

murph0025 linked this on TOS. i hope it's ok to link it here. imo it's just fantastic

linkhttps://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/168..._&ref_url=

[jonnyss]

murph0025 linked this on TOS. i hope it's ok to link it here. imo it's just fantastic

linkhttps://twitter.com/RedditCFB/status/168..._&ref_url=

[dabigv13]

https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/31/marc...wo-papers/

After an expansive investigation found manipulated data and other issues with papers co-authored by Stanford’s now ex-president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the prominent neuroscientist on Thursday retracted two studies published in the journal Science in 2001 — over the objection of a former postdoctoral researcher who played a leading role in both projects.

The retractions come the same day that Tessier-Lavigne’s resignation as Stanford president takes effect.

[dabigv13]

https://www.statnews.com/2023/08/31/marc...wo-papers/

After an expansive investigation found manipulated data and other issues with papers co-authored by Stanford’s now ex-president Marc Tessier-Lavigne, the prominent neuroscientist on Thursday retracted two studies published in the journal Science in 2001 — over the objection of a former postdoctoral researcher who played a leading role in both projects.

The retractions come the same day that Tessier-Lavigne’s resignation as Stanford president takes effect.

[82lsju]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

[82lsju]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

[gailtate]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

[gailtate]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

[Mick]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Maybe by the band...

[Mick]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Maybe by the band...

[82lsju]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Maybe by the band...

not sure they will be there in any numbers given school hasn't started

[82lsju]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Maybe by the band...

not sure they will be there in any numbers given school hasn't started

[chrisk]

Dunkley worked in the AD for 10 years and was an interim AD.

[chrisk]

Dunkley worked in the AD for 10 years and was an interim AD.

[McKenwood]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Theo Baker should be the honorary captain for Saturday's game.

[McKenwood]

details on the search committee including the members

Stanford’s Board of Trustees has assembled a 20-member committee to lead a comprehensive search for the university’s 13th president.

Community Participation
The success of our committee will hinge largely on its ability to engage with the community in defining the values, traits, and abilities that our next leader should embody. To this end, the search committee will host a number of listening sessions within each of Stanford’s seven schools, and will offer opportunities for engagement with other members of our community and alumni networks.

A dedicated email address— presidentialsearch23@stanford.edu —has been established for anyone to share their thoughts, including direct nominations, with the search committee for consideration.

https://boardoftrustees.stanford.edu/pre...al-search/

Any truth to the rumor that MTL will be recognized at halftime on Saturday? Nah, didn't think so.

Theo Baker should be the honorary captain for Saturday's game.

[gdog13cavs]

Mark me down in favor of John Bravman.  He made tremendous strides in improving the undergraduate educational experience while he was vice provost at Stanford. While at Bucknell, he made public errors in how the university had been erroneously inflating its reported standardized testing scores. His commitment to academic integrity and academic freedom would be most welcome, and I believe would make a great president.

[gdog13cavs]

Mark me down in favor of John Bravman.  He made tremendous strides in improving the undergraduate educational experience while he was vice provost at Stanford. While at Bucknell, he made public errors in how the university had been erroneously inflating its reported standardized testing scores. His commitment to academic integrity and academic freedom would be most welcome, and I believe would make a great president.

[82lsju]

Mark me down in favor of John Bravman.  He made tremendous strides in improving the undergraduate educational experience while he was vice provost at Stanford. While at Bucknell, he made public errors in how the university had been erroneously inflating its reported standardized testing scores. His commitment to academic integrity and academic freedom would be most welcome, and I believe would make a great president.

while contracts can always be broken

In October 2022, the Board unanimously approved a second contract extension through at least 2028, which will give Bravman the third-longest tenure among Bucknell presidents.

https://www.bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/b...nt-bravman

[82lsju]

Mark me down in favor of John Bravman.  He made tremendous strides in improving the undergraduate educational experience while he was vice provost at Stanford. While at Bucknell, he made public errors in how the university had been erroneously inflating its reported standardized testing scores. His commitment to academic integrity and academic freedom would be most welcome, and I believe would make a great president.

while contracts can always be broken

In October 2022, the Board unanimously approved a second contract extension through at least 2028, which will give Bravman the third-longest tenure among Bucknell presidents.

https://www.bucknell.edu/meet-bucknell/b...nt-bravman

[Mick]

Apropos of nothing, Wall Street Journal article on scientists who debunk bad science. Title: "The Band of Debunkers Busting Bad Scientists" Subtitle: "Stanford's president and a high-profile physicist are among those taken down by a growing wave of volunteers who expose faulty or fraudulent research papers"

Nice photo of MTL, who declined to comment.

https://www.wsj.com/science/data-colada-...ch-14664f3

5,500 faulty papers were retracted in 2022 compared with 119 in 2002. Tally kept by Retraction Watch:

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/27/n...w-of-2022/

[Mick]

Apropos of nothing, Wall Street Journal article on scientists who debunk bad science. Title: "The Band of Debunkers Busting Bad Scientists" Subtitle: "Stanford's president and a high-profile physicist are among those taken down by a growing wave of volunteers who expose faulty or fraudulent research papers"

Nice photo of MTL, who declined to comment.

https://www.wsj.com/science/data-colada-...ch-14664f3

5,500 faulty papers were retracted in 2022 compared with 119 in 2002. Tally kept by Retraction Watch:

https://retractionwatch.com/2022/12/27/n...w-of-2022/