tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post8571533742930999728..comments2024-02-25T20:07:56.114-06:00Comments on Mr. Verb: Wisconsin's Grad School 'reorganization': The value of planningMr. Verbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04048931596146402872noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-37846019439056266452009-10-18T08:24:33.252-05:002009-10-18T08:24:33.252-05:00Thanks. Much of the concern here is about process,...Thanks. Much of the concern here is about process, or rather the absence of process. Wisconsin faculty have by law a central role in running the university and we seem to be getting cut out here.Mr Verbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33159158.post-69562881116112648042009-10-17T19:00:28.986-05:002009-10-17T19:00:28.986-05:00The Graduate School here runs graduate education, ...The Graduate School here runs graduate education, and the Provost (or to be exact, the Vice-provosts) looks after research administration. It works well here, but UW is quite a bit bigger than Yale and my impression is that the Dean of the Graduate School and the Vice-Provosts work pretty closely for the higher-level stuff. Splitting them is not necessarily cause for despair, although I say that not knowing anything about the particulars of the situation and if they can't provide a cogent reason for why they're reorganising that's a bit worrying - especially if they can't even provide theoretical reasons why restructuring might be a good idea.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650996901936738964noreply@blogger.com