tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post3617671644882517679..comments2024-03-28T14:39:06.327-05:00Comments on Jackson Jambalaya: IHL issues statement on Dan Jones termination. Kingfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06184990110961727404noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-20760885582881261862015-03-24T11:10:17.537-05:002015-03-24T11:10:17.537-05:00I read an article that stated he "demanded&qu...I read an article that stated he "demanded" cultural diversity and acceptance. First of all, you do not demand another person to follow. While I know that there are those who fight acceptance and diversity tooth and nail, those two things are what each individual has to determine in their own mind if it is a worthwhile goal. Dan Jones caused more division than he did cohesiveness at our Ole Miss. UMMC will survive just as the Gertrude C. Ford Center will. After reading this article from the IHL, I understand that this process had been going on for quite awhile and those things that should have been taken care of were not taken care of. Just as any employee in our state, any of us can lose our jobs at any given second. Dr. Jones will be where he is until the end of his contract in September and someone else will be in his seat. If he had put as much effort into taking care of the business side instead of the "demanding" side, his contract may have been renewed. By the way, I am happy that the cancer is under control and hope he continues to do well in every way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-5712847383592370002015-03-24T08:50:37.190-05:002015-03-24T08:50:37.190-05:00Dan Jones is losing his position as the Ole Miss C... Dan Jones is losing his position as the Ole Miss Chancellor because of a clear breach of fiduciary duty to the University of Mississippi, specifically to UMMC. Time after time, the Mississippi State legislature has had to bail out UMMC for poor financial decisions and the buck stops with the man at the top....no different that Rick Ray's termination as the Mississippi State basketball coach....if your team does not perform to acceptable standards, the guy at the top gets replaced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-22029178245412006952015-03-24T08:32:44.102-05:002015-03-24T08:32:44.102-05:0010:39 am You seem to equate growing in size with p...10:39 am You seem to equate growing in size with progress. I do not. <br />I'm referring to the rankings of our universities as academic institutions. I'm referring to their standards and whether they attract quality students and faculty and graduate those who contribute positively to their professions.<br />I don't disagree that our public academic institutions are declining . They have become political footballs for those who know the cost of everything and value of nothing. Corporate America has been purchasing academic integrity as a result. They are also under assault from those who fear knowledge and fear science and from those want only their world view taught.<br /><br />The IHL , during the time I dealt with them, were individual advocates for their schools and/or had little interest in learning how to carry out their new responsibilities but rather relied on their " experiences in life"( some of which was irrelevant to the tasks at hand) or their " gut" feelings. And, most were interested in increasing their personal agenda in some way or just bragging rights. Some were just " too busy" to devote any real time getting " up to speed" on how to improve a public university system.<br />Now that every single thing in this country is about politics or money and we've lost all sense of aiming for ideals that once mattered like " being the best" and sacrificing in the short term for long term gains, we'll see more of this badly handled, poorly explained generation of needless conflict.<br /><br />We'll all just keep being expected to choose up sides without a clear understanding of what the " sides" are. <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-67198497318060456182015-03-24T04:26:08.790-05:002015-03-24T04:26:08.790-05:00"If our state were doing an exceptional job o..."If our state were doing an exceptional job on higher education there would be little need for Phoenix University, Strayer, etc, etc."<br /><br />Are YOU SERIOUS? Are you actually suggesting these make-believe diploma mills are educational institutions and that they have emerged to serve a purpose, based on a need being unmet?Cap and Gownlessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-51644080221229454952015-03-24T01:09:00.667-05:002015-03-24T01:09:00.667-05:00UMMC is buying up the public hospitals at fire sal...UMMC is buying up the public hospitals at fire sale prices. I'm assuming this somehow fits into the 'MississippiCAN' bs. When you find out that your rural doctor IS indeed a med school student in one of these hospitals parading around as a doctor you can thank me later for telling you to go to Alabama, New Orleans, or Memphis for medical services.<br /><br />#whoisthesocialistnow?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-12842472715216865972015-03-23T22:49:19.810-05:002015-03-23T22:49:19.810-05:00Regarding the finances of UMMC, an audit of the sa...Regarding the finances of UMMC, an audit of the salaries of all the professional personnel needs to take place with an accounting of their exact duties. I suspect if you match the relative value unit (RVU) for each clinician, it will be significantly lower than the equivalent private practice physician. They may claim that the difference is made up with research, but the medical center's ranking doesn't support that claim. There are too many people being supported by our tax dollars. 10:08, there is also the operations of Lexington as well. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74500377444804386612015-03-23T22:08:18.101-05:002015-03-23T22:08:18.101-05:00Where does the acquisition/operation of Grenada La...Where does the acquisition/operation of Grenada Lake Medical Center and Holmes County Medical Center by UMMC fit into this story? I can’t see how public university can justify ownership or operation of rural county hospitals. This is a stretch of the university’s primary missions of education & research, and a significant financial risk. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-76595728895662817662015-03-23T21:25:08.507-05:002015-03-23T21:25:08.507-05:00The plantation owners and their mascot in a clown ...The plantation owners and their mascot in a clown costume are dying out but they still have some pull!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-89972216958074514312015-03-23T18:47:54.513-05:002015-03-23T18:47:54.513-05:005:41 That's what I thought, then I realized th...5:41 That's what I thought, then I realized the poster is probably referring to lowering med school admission standards for, ahem, "protected classes". You know how those Social Justice Warriors are.<br /><br />What do you call the guy who graduates dead last in his med school class?<br /><br />Doctor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49078157531357935252015-03-23T17:41:58.411-05:002015-03-23T17:41:58.411-05:00Difficult to dumb down competitive specialty medic...Difficult to dumb down competitive specialty medicine... Only the best and the brightest get those coveted spots. Lawyers? Easy to dumb that down?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-88499120306538197402015-03-23T17:07:29.537-05:002015-03-23T17:07:29.537-05:00If the college board blinks on this one, it will s...If the college board blinks on this one, it will signal their end as an entity. Why have them if college alumni can force management decisions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-50715928602558807222015-03-23T11:15:02.519-05:002015-03-23T11:15:02.519-05:0010:39 you make good points, but the world we live ...10:39 you make good points, but the world we live in dictates a "college education"<br /><br />If our state were doing an exceptional job on higher education there would be little need for Phoenix University, Strayer, etc, etc. There seems to be a big market for vocational education in the private sector as well (Antonelli, etc).<br /><br />I don't see Mississippi blazing any new trailers in higher education or any education for that matter, we might as well make the best of what we have available.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-71058363491245614402015-03-23T10:39:02.801-05:002015-03-23T10:39:02.801-05:008:13:
Progressed to what? What exactly do you su...8:13:<br /><br />Progressed to what? What exactly do you suppose our universities should have progressed to?<br /><br />They've obviously grown. We have 3 major universities and several smaller ones in a small state. We have several HBCs as well as several private universities. We seem to have a healthy junior college system.<br /><br />Where are these place supposed to progress?<br /><br />My opinion? We do not support, recognize or even applaud common vocational instruction. We have evolved to require (for employment) that someone have a college degree that has no bearing on their employability. We have progressed to a system that puts families in debt with no real return.<br /><br />This country progressed on the backs of those common vocations. You can not have a system of professional service if everyone is either professional or in poverty. It doesn't sustain itself.<br /><br />Quite frankly, we put too much in to "college education" because it's just become generally accepted without any critical thought to it's overall positive addition to the human condition.<br /><br />And, lastly, very few modern teaching institutions promote critical thinking. Modern teaching promotes parroting a common theory/concept. Medicine is dumbed down. Law is dumbed down. Why? It is dumbed down because this country subscribed to the notion that anyone can be a doctor/lawyer, etc and diversity and access is more important than producing good doctors and lawyers.<br /><br />We have legislated professional curation of every aspect of modern life. Whether it be red tape, unnecessary complexity or outright oppression of critical thinking, we have made the entrepreneur or innovator or "inventor" no longer the subject of the American dream. It's been supplanted by parrots of professional services who outnumber those that they are supposed to service.<br /><br />So, forgive me if I think both sides and most commentary about this issue is fruitless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-11824034026569691232015-03-23T09:35:53.849-05:002015-03-23T09:35:53.849-05:008:13--you nailed it!! Thank you for you comments8:13--you nailed it!! Thank you for you commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-39790426897424731442015-03-23T08:13:14.968-05:002015-03-23T08:13:14.968-05:00Good grief!
I can't believe some of these comm...Good grief!<br />I can't believe some of these comments.<br />First of all, a university is not and should not be run like a business nor should it be a political football or all about football!<br />A university should be a place of intellectual freedom and exploration!<br />It should be a place where students and faculty look to the future not simply preserve the past.<br />It should be a place where new ideas can be born.<br />Universities expand knowledge , not limit it. Universities teach you how to test through empirical and critical evaluations the validity of beliefs, ideas, the known. Universities shouldn't tell you what to think but how to go about thinking rationally so you can make a sound decision.<br /><br />Instead, most of you want to politicize everything so as to reinforce what YOU think is true whether it's true and valid or not!<br /><br />IHL and it's internal politics and unwillingness to critically look at why our university system hasn't progressed as it should IS the problem !<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-13944644975648229802015-03-23T07:31:38.019-05:002015-03-23T07:31:38.019-05:00Khayat is behind 95% of the outcry. He is the one ...Khayat is behind 95% of the outcry. He is the one person that put Jones in and he is still pulling strings. This is all Roberts doingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-38733711530966312252015-03-23T07:20:52.424-05:002015-03-23T07:20:52.424-05:00Like others have said, there is a lesson here. Do...Like others have said, there is a lesson here. Do what your boss says, or find another job. Guess they didn't teach Jones that in Med school. The IHL had the right, legal authority, and responsiblity to decide yes/no on a contract to Jones. The law gave them that. Whether you agree or not, they did their job. Apparently more than Jones did his. He failed to obey his boss.<br /><br />And now we get to see that parade of people with more money than sense act like money gives you authority. Be careful who you defend.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-74857304554275987502015-03-23T05:07:24.689-05:002015-03-23T05:07:24.689-05:00The haughty progressive liberals do like to gather...The haughty progressive liberals do like to gather around the fire-barrel and hurl insults about The Confederacy and Rednecks, neither of which affected the ouster of Jones. <br /><br />But, when you smell like fish, you gotta sling around some red herrings. Calling Foulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-28330609331196216972015-03-22T23:07:26.685-05:002015-03-22T23:07:26.685-05:00"I've always wondered if he was such a gr..."I've always wondered if he was such a great cardiologist,what was doing in the university administration sector? "<br /><br />He was not a cardiologist.<br /><br />Perhaps he felt a few hundred thousand per year was enough, and wanted to serve as an administrator (I'm not saying he was GOOD at it, I'm just saying there is more to life than money, believe it or not).<br /><br />And why did my post with the accurate ranking of UMC not get posted? #142 out of #157 (5:27 is apparently clueless, confusing 2:01's ranking of Ole Miss for UMC's, and thinking there are 201 medical schools in the USA). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-87554490954236650942015-03-22T22:22:45.946-05:002015-03-22T22:22:45.946-05:009:36, oh yes, education is just another business. ...9:36, oh yes, education is just another business. <br /><br />... Ironically, IHL itself has no "boss" to answer to, can't be fired, has no responsibility or accountability.<br /><br />So I gather you favor Khayat's suggestion to do away with them? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-85141568255852157682015-03-22T21:36:29.573-05:002015-03-22T21:36:29.573-05:00Do any of you out there actually own a business? ...Do any of you out there actually own a business? Come on. We all have a boss. Dr. Jones' boss said "hey, follow our policies". He didn't. What would happen to you if you pulled that crap? You LEAVE.<br />He can argue, he can say "it's not fair". He can try to rally support. But, at the end of the day, he should stand up, be a man, and leave.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-42510241796746188402015-03-22T20:59:07.154-05:002015-03-22T20:59:07.154-05:00I've always wondered if he was such a great ca...I've always wondered if he was such a great cardiologist,what was doing in the university administration sector? <br /> <br />I would think even an average cardiologist makes much more than any Chancellor. Ghost of Porter Fortunenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-49059831500052242412015-03-22T20:41:58.894-05:002015-03-22T20:41:58.894-05:00Chancellor Khayat has joined those who stand with ...Chancellor Khayat has joined those who stand with Dan Jones. <br /><br />http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/03/22/khayat-calls-dan-jones-firing-egregious/25200645/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-26232050766279473062015-03-22T20:41:18.354-05:002015-03-22T20:41:18.354-05:00For those screeching about "TEH LIBRULS,"...For those screeching about "TEH LIBRULS," see how well your redneck imagery and hillbilly mascot would go over with prospective students (i.e., recruits) in 2015 and beyond.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2447438783001404385.post-46303704896242404032015-03-22T19:15:03.062-05:002015-03-22T19:15:03.062-05:006:53 ESAD. He got SCREWED. This ain't going aw...6:53 ESAD. He got SCREWED. This ain't going away. To hell with you Divie ass rednecks. The war is over. We got our asses kicked. Get over it Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com