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Akron's website claims it was a mutual decision between the trustees and Scarborough. http://www.ohio.com/news/local/update-ua-president-scott-... We will get by. We will get by. We will get by. We will survive. Back to Top OUcats82 General User Member Since: 1/9/2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH Post Count: 1,862 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 5/31/2016 12:44:56 PM  My question is are they going to (treat) Scarborough Fair? I say TOS to Akron Last Edited: 5/31/2016 12:45:24 PM by OUcats82 Ohio-The State University Back to Top Bobcatbob General User Member Since: 12/21/2004 Location: Coolville, OH Post Count: 1,347 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 5/31/2016 1:31:13 PM  I bow to you, Sir. What opportunistic Thyming. Back to Top rpbobcat General User Member Since: 4/28/2006 Location: Rochelle Park, NJ Post Count: 3,576 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 5/31/2016 3:34:53 PM  They say he can teach or get a $450,000.00 buy out. Is $450,00.00 enough to by him an acre of land, in Akron ? Back to Top RSBobcat General User Member Since: 8/22/2010 Location: Columbus, OH Post Count: 4,427 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 5/31/2016 8:24:36 PM  rpbobcat wrote: Is $450,00.00 enough to by him an acre of land, in Akron ? Not anywhere close to the malls.... RS Bobcat Back to Top Jeff McKinney Moderator Member Since: 11/12/2004 Post Count: 6,127 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/1/2016 7:30:20 AM  A lot of sage posts on this thread. Back to Top oldkatz General User Member Since: 12/22/2004 Post Count: 1,434 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/1/2016 11:27:27 AM  Simon says Bobcatbob, cats82, and McKinney are all winners of the interwebs today!!!! "All my inside sources tell me I have no inside sources." Salvatore "money bucks" Mafiosiano. Back to Top Pete Chouteau General User Member Since: 11/17/2004 Location: You Can't See Me Post Count: 1,639 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 10:52:24 AM  Two days later, Akron board of trustees has removed "Ohio's Polytechnic University" from all references. Feel the love. Back to Top Mike Johnson General User Member Since: 11/11/2004 Location: North Canton, OH Post Count: 1,730 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 11:43:46 AM  Today's Akron Beacon Journal includes a front-page story on Stark State College's plan to build a branch campus right across the street from UA. Some UA profs are concerned that the branch will worsen UA enrollment - with the 2016 frosh class expected to be 23% below 2015's which was down from 2014 and 2013. http://www.facebook.com/mikejohnson.author Back to Top giacomo General User Member Since: 11/20/2007 Post Count: 2,693 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 3:32:54 PM  I thought you were kidding until I looked it up. Stark State!!! If they had a marketing department I would fire all of them for coming up with that name. Back to Top SBH General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Post Count: 4,089 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 4:33:00 PM  It just keeps getting better in Zippyland. The ousted prez has exercised his option to become a full-time faculty member for the next five years...at nearly $300K per. His new title? "Professor of Practice." Priceless. Back to Top C Money General User Member Since: 8/28/2010 Post Count: 3,420 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 4:41:48 PM  SBH wrote: It just keeps getting better in Zippyland. The ousted prez has exercised his option to become a full-time faculty member for the next five years...at nearly $300K per. His new title? "Professor of Practice." Priceless. Obligatory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI Back to Top BillyTheCat General User Member Since: 10/6/2012 Post Count: 10,068 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/3/2016 11:06:53 PM  SBH wrote: It just keeps getting better in Zippyland. The ousted prez has exercised his option to become a full-time faculty member for the next five years...at nearly $300K per. His new title? "Professor of Practice." Priceless. Practice??? We talking about Practice?, Not a game, but practice? Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,851 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/5/2016 3:21:27 PM  The future of that institution is grim. http://www.ohio.com/news/education/ua-bracing-for-20-mill... A merger with Kent State, as shocking as it sounds, seems like a reasonable conclusion to the mess in a matter of not too many years. Would give Kent State a law school, strong polymer program and essentially a downtown campus while eliminating administrative bloat, the cost of running two of everything (including athletics) and other benefits. Sounds insane, but Akron seems like it's in a death spiral. I hope they come through it, because a loss of the school as a standalone institution would be devastating to a city and region that don't need more kicks in the balls. Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,475 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/5/2016 4:56:33 PM  Recovering Journalist wrote: The future of that institution is grim. http://www.ohio.com/news/education/ua-bracing-for-20-mill... A merger with Kent State, as shocking as it sounds, seems like a reasonable conclusion to the mess in a matter of not too many years. Would give Kent State a law school, strong polymer program and essentially a downtown campus while eliminating administrative bloat, the cost of running two of everything (including athletics) and other benefits. Sounds insane, but Akron seems like it's in a death spiral. I hope they come through it, because a loss of the school as a standalone institution would be devastating to a city and region that don't need more kicks in the balls. I'm wondering how many mergers there have been lately for schools of this size. Any ideas? In my opinion anything that would in any way slow down the spiraling cast of higher education in this country is a step in the right direction. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,851 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/5/2016 7:12:01 PM  colobobcat66 wrote: I'm wondering how many mergers there have been lately for schools of this size. Any ideas? In my opinion anything that would in any way slow down the spiraling cast of higher education in this country is a step in the right direction. Most mergers in this list appear growth related. The nation and population have been growing, so I don't know if there's a precedent for two massive schools merging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_university_and_coll... In a related note, I think BG and Toledo would be a prime candidate for such a merger as well. Both are shrinking and geographically close, though neither one is in the dire situation that Akron is in. I think if one happens successfully, it could make another one more likely. Back to Top OhioCatFan General User Member Since: 12/20/2004 Location: Athens, OH Post Count: 14,401 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/5/2016 9:51:20 PM  Recovering Journalist wrote: The future of that institution is grim. http://www.ohio.com/news/education/ua-bracing-for-20-mill... A merger with Kent State, as shocking as it sounds, seems like a reasonable conclusion to the mess in a matter of not too many years. Would give Kent State a law school, strong polymer program and essentially a downtown campus while eliminating administrative bloat, the cost of running two of everything (including athletics) and other benefits. Sounds insane, but Akron seems like it's in a death spiral. I hope they come through it, because a loss of the school as a standalone institution would be devastating to a city and region that don't need more kicks in the balls. Governor Rhodes proposed such a merger way back when. It probably should have happened at that time. As I recall the proposed new name was Northeastern Ohio University. That, of course, was when it was merger of two schools on even terms. Now, I think, it would more likely be KSU swallowing up what's left of UA. I personally think that this is not a bad idea as it would immediately reduce overhead by eliminating duplication in administrative positions as well as some duplicative faculty position. And, in athletics, the cost would be cut drastically, because you'd be fielding just one football team and one basketball team. You might actually be able with those saving to field a few additional teams in the non-revenue sports. All and all, it seems like a win-win to me, but I suspect the UA alumni base would fight such a proposal tooth and nail. Is that true, SBH? On a personal note, I had some experience last year dealing with KSU-Ashtabula in the placing of an historical marker at the boyhood home of Albion Tourgée in Kingsville. I found everyone very cooperative and the when we had to get permission from the main campus for a KSU logo on the marker we had a real minimum of red tape to go through. I was actually quite impressed. It seems to me from my limited experience that KSU is run by some quality folks. In case you don't know who Albion Tourgée was, and are interested in such historical matters, you can take a look at his Wikipedia page: http://tinyurl.com/zlloxkr This includes a small photo of the historical marker, for which yours truly wrote the copy. Last Edited: 6/5/2016 9:52:27 PM by OhioCatFan The only BLSS Certified Hypocrite on BA "It is better to be an optimist and be proven a fool than to be a pessimist and be proven right." Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org Back to Top colobobcat66 General User Member Since: 9/1/2006 Location: Watching the bobcats run outside my window., CO Post Count: 4,475 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/5/2016 10:54:35 PM  Recovering Journalist wrote: colobobcat66 wrote: I'm wondering how many mergers there have been lately for schools of this size. Any ideas? In my opinion anything that would in any way slow down the spiraling cast of higher education in this country is a step in the right direction. Most mergers in this list appear growth related. The nation and population have been growing, so I don't know if there's a precedent for two massive schools merging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_university_and_coll... In a related note, I think BG and Toledo would be a prime candidate for such a merger as well. Both are shrinking and geographically close, though neither one is in the dire situation that Akron is in. I think if one happens successfully, it could make another one more likely. Thanks for the list. Very interesting stuff. It would seem that perhaps the Indiana university- Purdue university- Indianapolis may be a close match except smaller. State schools very close and over 20,000 students. Kent would be assuming debt and $230 million or so of endowment versus $110 million or so for them. The resultant merger would be a very large school enrollment wise. And lots of alums to fight it. Not likely in my opinion, but who knows. Back to Top Recovering Journalist General User Member Since: 8/17/2010 Location: Cleveland, OH Post Count: 1,851 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/6/2016 4:12:07 PM  http://share.uakron.edu/mailAll/Digest/archive/140715#art... http://despair.com/products/committees Back to Top C Money General User Member Since: 8/28/2010 Post Count: 3,420 Status: Offline     RE: McDavis to Akron?    Posted: 6/6/2016 4:55:22 PM  Recovering Journalist wrote: http://share.uakron.edu/mailAll/Digest/archive/140715#art... http://despair.com/products/committees "Rex Ramsier and the Tiger Team" would have made a great 1980s Saturday morning cartoon series. 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