Grading Stanley Battle

[Bornthrilla]

Good:

• He gave Bibbs a salary extension and significant pay raise
  
• He re-assigned Dee Todd
  
• Increased the football budget by $300,000 last season
  
• Hired Wheeler Brown as athletics director
  
• Came up with that Cosby Kids plan
  

Bad:

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This is all I've been able to come up with so far. You guys add to it.

[DOOMS]

Bad

Told graduating students that wanted to act like coons not to act like coons.
Didn't drink with the co-eds.
Had the personality of fried chitlins.

[Bigboy]

Good: Gave money to the band and had promised to give more for next year.
I felt he was starting to get better with the way he delt with people (personality wise).

Bad: I feel the BOT should have let him finish out his contract before letting him go.
I'm afraid the band will suffer from lack of money and scholarships due to his departure.
The next chancellor might not care about the band or the football team the way Battle did.
If there are any other reason under bad I guess we will have to wait until it leaks out.

[captaggie]

Good:
Focused on Academics
Building alliances with external organizations

Bad:
To my knowledge, never disclosed a strategic plan for university.

[aggiejazz]

Mar 3, 2009 11:27:47 GMT -5 Bornthrilla said:

Good:

• He gave Bibbs a salary extension and significant pay raise
  
• He fired Dee Todd
  
• Increased the football budget by $300,000 last season
  
• Hired Wheeler Brown as athletics director
  
• Came up with that Cosby Kids plan
  

Bad:
?

This is all I've been able to come up with so far. You guys add to it.

The Bad: Giving the football program $300,000.

[@ProfBellamy]

Some of the Good:
1) Worked to increase admissions standards to the university. (Also a push from General Administration)
2) Secured additional funding to high achieving students in the form of the Dowdy Scholars program. (Which added hundreds of students to the Honors Program this year)
3) Worked to create an exclusive articulation agreement between GTCC and A&T
4) Worked with GTCC and the Guilford County School system to create a mentoring program than spans PK-20 (Pre-K through 12, Community College and University)
...and there are other things

The Not so Good:
1) Lack of a strategic plan for his tenure as Chancellor, or a direction to send his senior administrators.
2) Lack of stability/continuity in Senior Administration. For example, after 6 months no naming of a new Provost.
3) Slow development of people skills. He has gotten alot better than he was when he first came, but has a long way to go.

....and there are alot of others. However, I would choose not to disclose them on the public board.

[Bornthrilla]

....and there are alot of others. However, I would choose not to disclose them on the public board.

That's what we have a BDF private forum for.

Spill the beans.

[@ProfBellamy]

I don't check my NCAT account often. But this was the message sent out on 3/3

Dear A&T Family,

In light of my resignation from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University , effective June 30, 2009, I will focus on moving the following projects:

o the University's reaccreditation process;
o finalizing a new strategic plan;
o the ERC; and the
o Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering with UNCG.

I will also assure that all current employment searches continue to move forward in order for my successor to be able to move quickly to fill several critical administrative positions on campus.

Thank you,

Stanley F. Battle
Chancellor

[DECKS]

Mar 3, 2009 11:29:05 GMT -5 DOOMS said:

Bad

Told graduating students that wanted to act like coons not to act like coons.
Didn't drink with the co-eds.
Had the personality of fried chitlins.

Fried chitlins is supposed to be a bad thing?

[DOOMS]

That's my pernt. I love fried chitlins. A lot of new negroes do not.

[aggielove]

The thing about fried chitlins is that the end result may be desirable (to some), but it's a little rough to work thru the cleaning and the stench that you have to endure before you get there.

[DOOMS]

You clean yours?

Heck I figure if they're fried there's no point in cleaning.

[Bornthrilla]

This type of conversation is probably why Battle decided to leave.

[captaggie]

;D ;D

[DOOMS]

Can't argue with that opinion.