'Bad day for the SUS'

Chancellor Mark Rosenberg spoke to Gradebook this afternoon and lamented that yesterday was "a bad day for the state university system."

Why? Because the "brain drain" of talented professors and staff leaving cash-strapped state institutions is happening, at a fast pace. Higher ed officials here blame political and financial uncertainties of public higher education in Florida, where universities' budgets have been cut by tens of millions.

UWF President John Cavanaugh is leaving to be chancellor of state universities in Pennsylvania. Bob Donley, the BOG's chief of staff, is leaving to be Executive Director of the Iowa Board of Regents. Mark Hoyt, UF's chief technology guy, is leaving to be vice chancellor of IT at North Carolina State. Larry Conrad, FSU's chief information officer, is going to UNC.

"Unfortunately the prophecies about the brain drain are coming home to roost," Rosenberg said. "I mean, when you lose your top two chief information officers, that is not inconsequential!"

Comments

Those politicians sure know what they are doing. We are losing people left and right, but we still have 25 million to give to FAMU and the law school that educates so will that half of its students can't even pass the bar. Money will spent legislature.

Want to see a bad day? Wait till they lose their lawsuit against the legislature.

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Will the elected official with real political courage please stand up for the sake of Florida's higher education system?

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Most of our legislators and state leaders are cowards who are afraid to solve real problems facing Florida. They are more interested in playing silly little games of "revenge", and "who's line is it anyway" (budget line that is). How can they sleep at night knowing that their little part-time gig at the Capitol is contributing to a real full-time problem in our education system. Wake up Floridians!