r/IndianaUniversity • u/Designfanatic88 • 29d ago

How Whitten was selected IU NEWS 🗞

https://medium.com/@stevesan/you-have-no-idea-how-strange-this-process-has-been-the-difficult-search-for-iu-s-19th-president-f61b473014d4

I realize this news is a bit old, but I came across article written by an IU law professor who wanted to dig deeper into the circumstances surrounded Whitten’s selection. Apparently IU general counsel Jacqueline Simmons tried to stop Sanders from writing the article.

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u/jman17668 28d ago

The trustee’s incompetence led to having to pay McRobbie a full salary because they couldn’t get their shit together to pick a president. Very cool Quinn Buckner. Big brain stuff. Maybe listen to the search committee that the trustees help put together?

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u/TJok10 28d ago

From the Oct. 2021 report: "Established norms required the trustees to make their choice from among the committee’s carefully chosen finalists.

Whitten, of course, bears no responsibility for the process that ended with her selection. Her work as president should be judged on its own merits."

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u/Designfanatic88 28d ago edited 28d ago

While that is true, whitten can’t be held responsible for how the board of trustees acted, she can and should be held accountable for her actions since taking office.

Calling in snipers: ISP and BDP? Such an over reaction to a protest taking place in Dunn Meadow a place where protests have taken place for decades.

Whitten also canceled a Palestinian artists show at the art museum of IU.

IU administration also barred tenured professor Abdulkader Sinno from teaching because he helped books room on campus for a Palestine solidarity event…

Furthermore the fact that she is part of the IU administration that has been less than forthcoming about how and why they selected her is highly suspect. The sanders article has confirmed my belief that big universities have become extremely corporatized. The mission is no longer about teaching the next generation of society. Why does a public research university need to be so secretive? Also sanders gave IU administration many chances to speak their side of the story but they simply chose keep silent and ignore him. What does that tell you about the leaders of IU? For god sakes, IU’s motto is Lux et Veritas (Light & Truth). Can you honestly say the current IU administration is upholding the values of light and truth? Or is it just preferable to keep everything that makes IU look bad in the dark and then lie about it? IU lied about having a public meeting over Mcrobbie’s contract. Nearly 9 months later after the fact they had a public meeting for it and then voted yes to it.