This could be a great thing

Link and official Press Release from WAKR

Congratulations to Akron for taking the first step toward a better future. He is not an academic and never was so with a little luck Scarborough will take the buyout over the professorship option and Akron will be done with him forever.

Well, I can certainly see the appeal of taking a business class from a guy who managed to run a public university into the ground.

BUS 101 How to bankrupt a Non-Profit

(05-31-2016 10:36 PM)bopol Wrote:  Well, I can certainly see the appeal of taking a business class from a guy who managed to run a public university into the ground.

BUS 101 How to bankrupt a Non-Profit

I think there's a different position the Board is going to give him until his contract is up - head baseball coach

(06-01-2016 12:56 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  

(05-31-2016 10:36 PM)bopol Wrote:  Well, I can certainly see the appeal of taking a business class from a guy who managed to run a public university into the ground.

BUS 101 How to bankrupt a Non-Profit

I think there's a different position the Board is going to give him until his contract is up - head baseball coach

That is one organization that he can't mess up.

(06-02-2016 02:34 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(06-01-2016 12:56 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  

(05-31-2016 10:36 PM)bopol Wrote:  Well, I can certainly see the appeal of taking a business class from a guy who managed to run a public university into the ground.

BUS 101 How to bankrupt a Non-Profit

I think there's a different position the Board is going to give him until his contract is up - head baseball coach

That is one organization that he can't mess up.

He would change the team branding to University of Akron "Ohio's Louisville Sluggers"

(06-02-2016 02:34 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(06-01-2016 12:56 PM)Slinkin Street Flash Wrote:  

(05-31-2016 10:36 PM)bopol Wrote:  Well, I can certainly see the appeal of taking a business class from a guy who managed to run a public university into the ground.

BUS 101 How to bankrupt a Non-Profit

I think there's a different position the Board is going to give him until his contract is up - head baseball coach

That is one organization that he can't mess up.

HE ALREADY MESSED IT UP! It was good - he deleted it

Scarborough will now be teaching three business management courses at Akron... Making $270k a year making him the highest paid professor until Proeza comes back this fall.

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-ua...l-1.687734

The two former UA presidents will be the university’s highest-paid professors, together earning $617,500 for teaching three classes and performing other duties. That’s roughly equal to the tuition of 56 in-state undergraduate students.

Proenza will teach a special course in political science for an annual salary of $325,000.

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-ua...l-1.687734

Who says higher education doesn't pay?

Scarborough will teach a max total of 34 students if his three courses make.

Whether or not he actually stays is still up for debate. He's looking for something else, but had a nice safety net to fall onto until something else comes up.

And then word comes UA is bracing for $20 million revenue drop from lower enrollment projections. The good news keeps rolling in for Akron U.

(06-04-2016 06:12 PM)Pulltown Falcon Wrote:  The two former UA presidents will be the university’s highest-paid professors, together earning $617,500 for teaching three classes and performing other duties. That’s roughly equal to the tuition of 56 in-state undergraduate students.

Proenza will teach a special course in political science for an annual salary of $325,000.

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-ua...l-1.687734

Who says higher education doesn't pay?

Scarborough will teach a max total of 34 students if his three courses make.

Whether or not he actually stays is still up for debate. He's looking for something else, but had a nice safety net to fall onto until something else comes up.

And then word comes UA is bracing for $20 million revenue drop from lower enrollment projections. The good news keeps rolling in for Akron U.

Who says there ain't no fat in higher education budgets? Unfortunately when budget cuts are forced the people doing the cutting tend to preserve the fat and cut muscle and bone. Same with all bureaucratic entities. If a city doesn't get a tax increase they put on the ballot they will never cut the top administrators' salary or staff or pet projects or travel funds (or any other trappings of power), rather they will cut back on garbage pick up or police and fire services or whatever will most adversely affect the voters just to let the those people know that they might as well pass the next tax levy because they going to pay a price one way or the other. It is just the way bureaucracies function.

(06-04-2016 06:12 PM)Pulltown Falcon Wrote:  And then word comes UA is bracing for $20 million revenue drop from lower enrollment projections. The good news keeps rolling in for Akron U.

That could put some pressure on the $8M football subsidy.

(06-05-2016 08:07 AM)ZippyRulz Wrote:  

(06-04-2016 06:12 PM)Pulltown Falcon Wrote:  And then word comes UA is bracing for $20 million revenue drop from lower enrollment projections. The good news keeps rolling in for Akron U.

That could put some pressure on the $8M football subsidy.

Akron drop football and move to the Summit League?

Getting rid of football would mean they are paying for a stadium that will see no use.

(06-05-2016 09:30 AM)Kittonhead Wrote:  

(06-05-2016 08:07 AM)ZippyRulz Wrote:  

(06-04-2016 06:12 PM)Pulltown Falcon Wrote:  And then word comes UA is bracing for $20 million revenue drop from lower enrollment projections. The good news keeps rolling in for Akron U.

That could put some pressure on the $8M football subsidy.

Akron drop football and move to the Summit League?

The Summit League? Might as well just drop all sports at that point.

(06-05-2016 12:07 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  Getting rid of football would mean they are paying for a stadium that will see no use.

No, probably FCS non-scholly Pioneer League or Div. II, for which they could easily host championships. The stadium can also be rented for reg. and post season H.S. football, maybe even state championships. Plus the west side tower has 7 floors of useful space for events/entertaining, offices, classes, etc.

(06-05-2016 12:07 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  Getting rid of football would mean they are paying for a stadium that will see no use.

Unless Akron combines with Kent State and it becomes Kent State's new stad. for FB.

Now that would rattle some nerves, lol.

Quote:For Akron, it’s next year’s numbers that may offer greater concern: Average ACT and SAT college entrance scores and high school grade-point averages for freshman applicants are down for the second year in a row, running in the opposite direction that officials had hoped a few years ago.

Half of the state funding for public universities is now based on graduation rates. Because UA has a record for one of the lowest graduation rates in the state, officials vowed in 2012 to begin turning away students with low entrance scores in hopes of enrolling students more likely to complete a degree within six years.

Rather than improving, UA now has a pool of lower-performing students, and so far this year has admitted more than 8,000 students with exam scores that are on average lower than the previous year.

http://www.ohio.com/news/education/ua-br...s-1.687833

The new funding formula in Ohio is tied to graduation rates with the intent of forcing schools to make decisions to "right size" their enrollment.

The next president might want to make a move to cut costs. I bet the MAC would allow Akron to stay in the MAC if they moved to FCS as a permanent member. It may set the precedent for EMU to do so as well. Both schools would win more at a lower level.

MAC could still hold a FB championship with 10 schools. They could add UWM/UIC for a 14 basketball/10 football alignment which I prefer to saturate the region more.

(06-04-2016 05:47 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  Scarborough will now be teaching three business management courses at Akron... Making $270k a year making him the highest paid professor until Proeza comes back this fall.

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/former-ua...l-1.687734

That seems crazy - Scarborough took a real beating from the Faculty Senate...and now he joins the faculty.

The problem for Akron is that most of its biggest problems were from before his tenure. His efforts ended up being detrimental to the school but those problems still remain.

I guess you can say that fortunately Akron has been in this position before so...