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Lefton says new provost will make things happen
Christina Stavale
Issue date: 7/11/07 Section: News
Originally published: 7/10/07 at 9:07 PM EST Last update: 7/10/07 at 9:30 PM EST
President Lester Lefton said university programs and his own job will likely change now that Robert Frank has arrived as the new provost.
"I'm expecting a burst of energy from the provost in the next month," he said. "There's a lot of things waiting to happen. My job is going to be, in some ways, more interesting."
Retention, Lefton said, is both a long and short-term goal for Frank and the university. Frank is putting together a series of initiatives, including a task force to intervene with students who get into academic trouble early on in their first year.
Lefton said he also anticipates new programs and shifting faculty funds to align student interest with community need. He said it is important for students not to take courses in areas they will not get jobs.
For example, he said, alignment with Third Frontier fronts (science, technology, engineering and math) is important because 5,300 jobs in computer-related fields are available in Northeast Ohio alone.
Lefton said changes will not be easy, but rationality and following a set process are important in making the changes.
"The university doesn't like change," he said. "Nobody likes change. Change is hard for everybody."
Contact principal reporter Christina Stavale at cstavale@kent.edu.
"I'm expecting a burst of energy from the provost in the next month," he said. "There's a lot of things waiting to happen. My job is going to be, in some ways, more interesting."
Retention, Lefton said, is both a long and short-term goal for Frank and the university. Frank is putting together a series of initiatives, including a task force to intervene with students who get into academic trouble early on in their first year.
Lefton said he also anticipates new programs and shifting faculty funds to align student interest with community need. He said it is important for students not to take courses in areas they will not get jobs.
For example, he said, alignment with Third Frontier fronts (science, technology, engineering and math) is important because 5,300 jobs in computer-related fields are available in Northeast Ohio alone.
Lefton said changes will not be easy, but rationality and following a set process are important in making the changes.
"The university doesn't like change," he said. "Nobody likes change. Change is hard for everybody."
Contact principal reporter Christina Stavale at cstavale@kent.edu.
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Bob Opper
posted 7/12/07 @ 8:42 AM EST
According to this Stater article, President Lefton made some kind of remark "He said it is important for students not to take courses in areas they will not get jobs". (Continued…)
PETER
posted 7/15/07 @ 3:49 AM EST
Zheng Xiaoyu
China's corrupt former food chief executed
CHINA, now in China, the Head of the food chief was EXCUTED for taking a BRIBE and letting past TAINTED food to be SOLD, but here in the United States CEO'a are REWARDED as in the GUIDANT Corp, where up to 72,000 defective pacemakers was sold AFTER they knew they were Defective and still maybe killing people. (Continued…)
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