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(10-13-2023 09:36 PM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-13-2023 07:30 PM)Monarchist13 Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 10:29 AM)monarx Wrote:  

(10-12-2023 10:21 AM)MonarchsWon Wrote:  This is fantastic news. Runte did this back in the day. They raised standards for acceptance and admissions soared. Then Broderick came in and lowered to the - "we take all" approach and things declined rapidly. Glad to see we were moving back in the right direction. It's a shame we wasted 20 years of positive growth.

Dr. Koch, and Dr. Runte definitely seemed to prioritize academics and student experience more than Broderick (though he should get most of the credit for the EVMS merger). Jury is still out on Dr. Hemphill, but so far so good for the most part.

Why should Broderick get any credit for EVMS?

My sources tell me he worked tirelessly to make it happen once Sentara forced EVMS to have to consider their options. Broderick may have been dull, uninspired and a bit too quick to accept BS from the state government, but without a lot of that sucking up in Richmond, this may have easily been derailed or never gotten legs to begin with. I hear he desperately wanted it finished before his Presidency was over, but while it was basically done, the politics of finalizing it moved too slow. This is his biggest legacy at ODU. Hemphill’s hiring and background was the finishing touch and he got to sign the paperwork, but it was 95% done by the time he arrived. At least that’s how I hear it.

I think your sources are giving him way too much credit. He had a hand and deserves some credit but Sentara wanting it to happen is where the majority of the credit lies. They had the power to make it happen and they flexed it. It also ignores how much work was left once Hemphill arrived to make this a reality.