Announcement comes less than a year after Purdue trustees gave Chiang a raise and extended contract, knowing he was ‘in high demand.’ He starts in Evanston July 1.
A half million retention bonus on June 30 and starts the new job July 1? Well played, Mung, well played.
While I shouldn't rule out anything with this Board of Trustees I'd hope the no confidence vote will ensure that the provost will not be appointed interim president.
I would like them to hard wire a requirement into the job ad that the next president should be in it for Purdue, not for themselves. The only question about Mung Chiang leaving, from Day 1, was when. Purdue was and always was a stepping stone; a chance to add some lines to a resume. Frustratingly, we had a top internal candidate in our last search that was committed to Purdue above all (or I thought so). Mung got bonuses for not giving employees cost of living raises, year after year. And he took the bonuses without a second thought. I kept waiting for Mung to say he was freezing his own salary, in solidarity with the rest of Purdue who were holding up the tuition freeze. But no, he just kept racking up - and accepting - his bonuses. It's gross and antithetical to what most of us think of as our mission and true rewards are as educators here at Purdue.
He was never going to be here for the long term as he has elite university aspirations, and NU probably shouldn't plan for him to stick around more than a handful of years before he leaves them too.
Mung will follow a guy who was a disaster from Day 1, never passed a rake without stepping on it. Say what you like about Mitch Daniels, but he wasn't that, and he seemed to try to set up Mung to succeed. (Apart from the anchor around the neck that is Purdue Indy.) He won't get that in Evanston.
Your comment is puzzling regarding Emeritus President Mitchell Daniels. Was he (1) "a disaster from Day 1" or (2) "Say what you like about Mitch Daiels, but he .wasn't that"? We can probably all agree that Daniels set up Mung to succeed and so now Mung has EXCEEDED!!. And then, in some one else's post the INTERESTING REFERENCE (See "A Person"'s comment): "While I shouldn't rule out anything with this Board of Trustees") When will Based in Lafayette open up a discussion about the makeup of the current Purdue Board of Trustees. That would be an interesting line to pursue, peruse, Go Purdue? or not?
Apologies! He is following Schill at Northwestern; Schill is the disaster. NU brought emeritus president Henry Bienen (age 83?) out of cold storage to be a steady hand.
I thought Daniels was a skilled and smooth operator. When he bought Kaplan (aka Purdue Global), he flipped the faculty senate like a turtle. And yes, he endowed Purdue with a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees that is slightly more agreeable to leadership than the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
OK, I missed 'will follow' in your earier post. Now I understnad what you intially posted. Re: Mitch Daniels --his governorship--not a topic suggested here was an utter disaster for public education (K-12), government workers, the labor movement, and intercity passenger rail (a special interest of mine.) But I guess he was a consequential PU President. That I will grant, grudgingly.
Is Northwestern interested in s provost, too?
A half million retention bonus on June 30 and starts the new job July 1? Well played, Mung, well played.
While I shouldn't rule out anything with this Board of Trustees I'd hope the no confidence vote will ensure that the provost will not be appointed interim president.
Wonder if Dave can find out from BoT or Chiang if he will indeed accept that retention bonus the day before starting a new job.
That would be such a bad look, surely he would decline accepting it given the circumstances…
I would like them to hard wire a requirement into the job ad that the next president should be in it for Purdue, not for themselves. The only question about Mung Chiang leaving, from Day 1, was when. Purdue was and always was a stepping stone; a chance to add some lines to a resume. Frustratingly, we had a top internal candidate in our last search that was committed to Purdue above all (or I thought so). Mung got bonuses for not giving employees cost of living raises, year after year. And he took the bonuses without a second thought. I kept waiting for Mung to say he was freezing his own salary, in solidarity with the rest of Purdue who were holding up the tuition freeze. But no, he just kept racking up - and accepting - his bonuses. It's gross and antithetical to what most of us think of as our mission and true rewards are as educators here at Purdue.
I'd be interested in reading a follow-up which focuses on what happened behind the scenes to cause President Chiang to make this change.
It's less of a surprise when you know there's a kid finishing high school this week.
He was never going to be here for the long term as he has elite university aspirations, and NU probably shouldn't plan for him to stick around more than a handful of years before he leaves them too.
Mung will follow a guy who was a disaster from Day 1, never passed a rake without stepping on it. Say what you like about Mitch Daniels, but he wasn't that, and he seemed to try to set up Mung to succeed. (Apart from the anchor around the neck that is Purdue Indy.) He won't get that in Evanston.
Your comment is puzzling regarding Emeritus President Mitchell Daniels. Was he (1) "a disaster from Day 1" or (2) "Say what you like about Mitch Daiels, but he .wasn't that"? We can probably all agree that Daniels set up Mung to succeed and so now Mung has EXCEEDED!!. And then, in some one else's post the INTERESTING REFERENCE (See "A Person"'s comment): "While I shouldn't rule out anything with this Board of Trustees") When will Based in Lafayette open up a discussion about the makeup of the current Purdue Board of Trustees. That would be an interesting line to pursue, peruse, Go Purdue? or not?
Apologies! He is following Schill at Northwestern; Schill is the disaster. NU brought emeritus president Henry Bienen (age 83?) out of cold storage to be a steady hand.
I thought Daniels was a skilled and smooth operator. When he bought Kaplan (aka Purdue Global), he flipped the faculty senate like a turtle. And yes, he endowed Purdue with a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees that is slightly more agreeable to leadership than the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
OK, I missed 'will follow' in your earier post. Now I understnad what you intially posted. Re: Mitch Daniels --his governorship--not a topic suggested here was an utter disaster for public education (K-12), government workers, the labor movement, and intercity passenger rail (a special interest of mine.) But I guess he was a consequential PU President. That I will grant, grudgingly.
I think you and I are in total agreement.