Saturday, November 28, 2009

Education

Ohio Students Protest President's Raise

January 09, 2009 05:39 PM ET | Alison Go | Permanent Link | Print

Reader Comments

dichotomy

To OU student, how can you say you don't want a scholarship and in the same paragraph say you want affordable education? I'm not

Penn president

The president of the University of Pennsylvania donated $100,000 for research opportunities for undergraduates.

pay raise

Talk about arrogance. If this guy really cared about his school he'd ASK for a pay cut. Fire him...he's no leader.

Pay Raises for Top Wage Earners

Exceptional leadership is exemplified by those who lead making the same or greater sacrifices than those who follow -- at all times and not just times of crisis. By accepting a pay raise while budgets are being cut, staff reduced, and class offerings reduced, he exemplifies the sort of leadership exhibited by the executives of Enron as that corporate ship sank...

we don't want a scholarship

thats about the most uncreative thing he could do. we want democracy in our university, we want social justice. we want affordable education, and for the administration to stop firing janitors while they stuff their own pockets.

this year we're going to win.

Make it a scholarship!

This is the perfect opportunity for him to do something creative and make this into a great story. Take that money and give an underprivileged youth a scholarship.

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