Comments on: Concordia president forced to resign http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/ Can you think of a better name? Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:52:00 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kathy Assayag http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-21046 kathy Assayag Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:30:21 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-21046 Hello, Regarding your page: Concordia President Forced to Resign dated September 19th. I am Vice President Kathy Assayag and I do have a BA from McGill University (Major in Humanistics Studies and Minor in Economics). I would ask that you correct your information and I invite you to google me if you wish. Best regards Hello,
Regarding your page: Concordia President Forced to Resign dated September 19th.
I am Vice President Kathy Assayag and I do have a BA from McGill University (Major in Humanistics Studies and Minor in Economics). I would ask that you correct your information and I invite you to google me if you wish.
Best regards

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-20938 Anonymous Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:57:33 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-20938 Kathy Assayag, Vice President does have a Degree from McGill University. A BA: Major in Humanistic Studies and minor in Economics Kathy Assayag, Vice President does have a Degree from McGill University. A BA: Major in Humanistic Studies and minor in Economics

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]]> By: ezrawinton.com » Blog Archive » 2008 begins with a discernable thud http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-14266 ezrawinton.com » Blog Archive » 2008 begins with a discernable thud Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:28:21 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-14266 [...] interest: Concordia pays off former president nearly $2 million to resign. Disgusting. And the University of Ottawa reports a $67 million surplus for last year but refuses [...] [...] interest: Concordia pays off former president nearly $2 million to resign. Disgusting. And the University of Ottawa reports a $67 million surplus for last year but refuses [...]

]]> By: Fagstein » Concordia president doesn’t have a PhD http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-2277 Fagstein » Concordia president doesn’t have a PhD Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:28:09 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-2277 [...] month I opined here that Concordia University was faced with a tough problem. Their president had just decided to quit, and the second-in-command position (provost and VP academic) was vacant. That left them with the [...] [...] month I opined here that Concordia University was faced with a tough problem. Their president had just decided to quit, and the second-in-command position (provost and VP academic) was vacant. That left them with the [...]

]]> By: Anon http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Anon Wed, 26 Sep 2007 01:04:47 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1897 <p>Were it not for the "runner-up", Lajeunesse would never have been Rector/President in the first place. The selection process became a contest between [...], one of whom, a former insider whose allegiance has been with McGill in a directly competitive activity, NOT as an academic which would be acceptable, for about ten years was known to the "powers-that-be", the other obviously an outsider who provided all those gutless so called decsion-makers with the opportuity to say: "How could we possibly have known?". <p> If this blog was able to establish that Lajeunesse had left a trail of dissatisfaction behind him in Toronto, how could a horde of highly-paid headhunters and a star-studded board of governors be so dumb as to choose him? Be that as it may, Lajeunesse never deserved to be there in the first place. He is insensitive, totally ignorant of the Concordia culture (not that the Concordia culture is perfect) and about 15 years behind the times. Rector Kenniff understood that Concordia was NOT McGill and acted accordingly until a horde of sycophants decided the truth was too hard to bear and dug-in ostrich-style, scape-goating Kenniff in the Fabrikant affair, to replace him by a psychiatrist who at least had the common sense to stop the bleeding. <p> But, Lajeunesse's legacy will not be totally negative. He did get rid of [...] ex-Dean/Provost Singer [...]. It remains to be seen if, collectively, Concordia will have the courage to define itself based on its known "sellable" strengths and find itself a leader who will restore the University's image and capacity so it can deliver marketable education to students who need it to face the challenges of globalization and who choose Condordia for its capacity to help them achieve their personal obejctives.</p> <p> <i>(Ed: This comment has been edited to remove gratuitous insults and slurs.) Were it not for the "runner-up", Lajeunesse would never have been Rector/President in the first place. The selection process became a contest between [...], one of whom, a former insider whose allegiance has been with McGill in a directly competitive activity, NOT as an academic which would be acceptable, for about ten years was known to the "powers-that-be", the other obviously an outsider who provided all those gutless so called decsion-makers with the opportuity to say: "How could we possibly have known?".

If this blog was able to establish that Lajeunesse had left a trail of dissatisfaction behind him in Toronto, how could a horde of highly-paid headhunters and a star-studded board of governors be so dumb as to choose him? Be that as it may, Lajeunesse never deserved to be there in the first place. He is insensitive, totally ignorant of the Concordia culture (not that the Concordia culture is perfect) and about 15 years behind the times. Rector Kenniff understood that Concordia was NOT McGill and acted accordingly until a horde of sycophants decided the truth was too hard to bear and dug-in ostrich-style, scape-goating Kenniff in the Fabrikant affair, to replace him by a psychiatrist who at least had the common sense to stop the bleeding.

But, Lajeunesse's legacy will not be totally negative. He did get rid of [...] ex-Dean/Provost Singer [...]. It remains to be seen if, collectively, Concordia will have the courage to define itself based on its known "sellable" strengths and find itself a leader who will restore the University's image and capacity so it can deliver marketable education to students who need it to face the challenges of globalization and who choose Condordia for its capacity to help them achieve their personal obejctives.

(Ed: This comment has been edited to remove gratuitous insults and slurs.)

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1840 Anonymous Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:15:27 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1840 He who pays the piper calls the tune. He who pays the piper calls the tune.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1765 Anonymous Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:18:54 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1765 As an employee of Concoridia. I have been waiting for this to happen! I am thrilled to see the tyrant go. Not soon enough though. He engendered fear in alot of people and threatened job security. Apparently they have paid him 1.6 million to leave. I think he should give the money to Concordia to fix all his f%&* ups! As an employee of Concoridia. I have been waiting for this to happen! I am thrilled to see the tyrant go. Not soon enough though. He engendered fear in alot of people and threatened job security. Apparently they have paid him 1.6 million to leave. I think he should give the money to Concordia to fix all his f%&* ups!

]]> By: Anon http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1762 Anon Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:40:00 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1762 They should ask the runner up. I beleive the other person that was considered for the presidency would have been a better choice. They should ask the runner up. I beleive the other person that was considered for the presidency would have been a better choice.

]]> By: Too bad http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1746 Too bad Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:29:07 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1746 I would like to remain anonymous. I am a professor at Concordia and know this little world. This departure is a shame for Concordia and a misstep. It will be indeed hard to find a qualitfied person within the current top administrator. This is not new anyway, the former Provost having indeed a very light "academic record for publication". You can easely check that using an online database such as SciFinder, Scopus or WOS. You can in the mean time extend the search to many other Concordians, you might be surprised... I think a solution might be the full renewal of the senate as well as its board of Governators (that's not a typo). Good luck Concordia I would like to remain anonymous.
I am a professor at Concordia and know this little world. This departure is a shame for Concordia and a misstep. It will be indeed hard to find a qualitfied person within the current top administrator. This is not new anyway, the former Provost having indeed a very light "academic record for publication". You can easely check that using an online database such as SciFinder, Scopus or WOS. You can in the mean time extend the search to many other Concordians, you might be surprised...
I think a solution might be the full renewal of the senate as well as its board of Governators (that's not a typo).
Good luck Concordia

]]> By: Fagstein http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1722 Fagstein Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:31:43 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1722 (Submitted by email with a request not to be identified): You touted lack of academic qualifications among administrators. One of the few to do so. How anybody could even consider someone who was an associate professor for about two decades and has an essentially empty publishing record (a Ph.D thesis) that would today not enable to get any academic position in Con.U. to become a Provost defies reason. There is concern about Concordia's reputation. How does Pres's resignation enhance this? (Submitted by email with a request not to be identified):

You touted lack of academic qualifications among administrators. One of the few to do so. How anybody could even consider someone who was an associate professor for about two decades and has an essentially empty publishing record (a Ph.D thesis) that would today not enable to get any academic position in Con.U. to become a Provost defies reason.

There is concern about Concordia's reputation. How does Pres's resignation enhance this?

]]> By: Christelle http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Christelle Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:11:24 +0000 http://blog.fagstein.com/2007/09/19/concordia-president-forced-to-resign/#comment-1691 I liked the dude! He's the one who handed me my diploma at the convocation ceremony! :D I liked the dude! He's the one who handed me my diploma at the convocation ceremony! :D

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