“He has a very evangelical sense of purpose,” said Andrew Ross, a professor of social and cultural analysis, “that does not extend beyond the concept that the university should be an entity of his own making.”
And a video in which Sexton's attempt to both appear conciliatory and dodge any frank conversation about faculty grievances and the vote's implications backfires pretty spectacularly. Sexton's self-presentation here seems part of a larger effort to head off faculty discontent by claiming that things have already changed, that the administration recognizes past errors and is moving forward in the spirit of reconciliation. At the same time the administration finds itself pressed by the faculty to explain golden parachutes for union-busting ex-VP and new Treasury Secretary Jacob "Jack" Lew.
Hagiographic tumblrs (trigger warning: sketchy hugs) aside, scrutiny of Sexton's administration is becoming even more widespread than it was during our strike seven years ago. Here's Andrew Ross on the Fox Business channel, and here's Inside Higher Ed on faculty discontent with the demise of Tisch Asia and the administration of the Global Network University.
I'm in Albany, nursing a large burn on my arm - a grilled cheese accident. But i'll try to keep updating.
EDIT: Here's a direct link to the AAUP letter written and cosigned by Andrew Ross, Molly Nolan, Rebecca Karl, Marie Monaco, Anna McCarthy, and Rana Jaleel.
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