Glenn Anderson speaks: Gallaudet Presidential Search
By Chris and Allison Kaftan on Fri 8 Sep 2006 |
E-Mail This Article Yesterday on the Deaf Professional Network site, Trudy Suggs posted an excellent interview with Glenn Anderson, the man many consider to be the unjustly shunned candidate for the Gallaudet presidency.
That article can be found here: A Year Later: “Deeply Disappointed” but Optimistic.
In it, Dr. Anderson, who resigned as chair of the Board of Trustees in order to be a candidate, discusses his candidacy, his feelings about the selection and subsequent reaction from the Gallaudet community, and racism on Kendall Green, past and present.
We feel this quite possibly to be the most informed piece of journalism (even as it is largely only an interview with one candidate out of several) resulting from the Gallaudet Presidential Controversy. It is insightful and well worth the read. We can’t wait to see the second part of the interview, which will be posted September 21.
I think it was more telling when Anderson wasn’t selected to be among the last 3 finalists did the campus body as a whole NOT react as fervently when JKF was selected. I think there is a story behind this that the FSSA or the majority of campus body refuse to acknowledge their own prejudice or bias. Although we did get a minority to be president…the first deaf woman president.
Secondly, will Anderson in the future try for the Provost position? Or will that be an insult for him to try that?
Actually, women are no longer in the minority. The recent census says there are more women than men in the USA, isn’t that so? Could males now be a minority group?
I would like to (surprise!) agree with you. However, I also note that in this document by the NBDA, there was no mention of appealing to or working with students on these issues.
While it is true that women are not in the minority, they remain to be an oppressed group
as experienced by those in minority groups.
The thing I learned from this article that really struck me was the fact that Dr. Anderson didn’t have any university administration experience. I hadn’t thought of that before — he is faculty, not administration. But then, neither did Ron Stern… and that really made me wonder, along with the fact of his having no PhD like Anderson. Maybe Stern’s high school administration experience caused him to score higher in the interviews? Stern must have really wowed the PSC and BOT to have gotten this far in the process. But then, Dr. Fernandes wowed them more.
So, in one line of thinking is that the protesters do not value adminstrative experiences?
Being rooted in Deaf culture, multigenerational Deaf family if possible, a native ASL user, stone deaf, not a voice user, and a graduate of Deaf schools and Gallaudet University trumps everything else by far, including, yes, administrative experience. Much as the protestors would like us to believe otherwise.
evidence?
No hard evidence, just an observation and putting two plus two together to get four. From what I’ve read on the blogs, most of the protestors would have liked to see Ron Stern get the presidency instead of JKF. He exemplified all the Deaf Cultural values I outlined above, don’t you agree? He has HS administrative experience, but no college administration. I recall he spent a year at Gallaudet as Athletic Director in 1989-90 — but only lasted a year and then left. I don’t know the details about that.
so people like you put “2 and 2 together” and it’s all good. when we try to do the same, it’s all “where’s the rock hard evidence?”
and because somebody happens to explemify “all the deaf cultural values” you outlined, he cannot be qualified? alright, you mentioned ron stern who doesn’t have a terminal degree. but there was a reason why people were so excited about him beyond his multigenerational deaf family roots (as far as i can recall, his grandparents were never a subject of our convos). not only that he had a brilliant vision, he also had a remarkable grasp on what’s troubling deaf education and the university itself. even a couple of my hearing professors were visibly excited about him. if he had no chance because of the lack of terminal degree or university-level adm. experience, he shouldn’t have been one of the 3 finalists in the first place.
besides, although i think it’s hypocritical of fssa to keep bring up social justice, it’s true that we wouldn’t have protested had dr. glenn anderson been selected. and he hardly fits your definition of gallaudet’s golden boy.
whatever happened to the edit-your-comment feature anyway? :)
You’ve said well, Ben.
By saying this, it is not to lessen my high regards for someone like Ron Stern, I still don’t understand why Glenn Anderson and Roslyn Rosen weren’t in the final 3, given their credentials.
It makes me wonder if Ron Stern and Fred Weiner were picked over them to make Fernandes the obvious choice at the end. It’s hard to compete with people like Rosen and Anderson.
Correction - Dr. Steve Weiner, not Fred Weiner. Okay?
Thanks! I am confusing one brother with another. Yikes. Much appreciated…
Kelleher’s admin experiences should have hurt her rather than elevate her into victory. Her contempt to the Sacred Principles of Shared Governance
(expression borrowed from Patti Raswant http://www.aslcommunityjournal.com/blog/2006/09/11/why-i-support-the-protest-at-gally/)
and the evidences listed thereof and by Faculty Senate resolutions should have been a DISQUALIFYING FACTOR in assessing her application!! But it was not enough to convince the BoT.
Glenn Anderson truly came as a brave captain with superb credentials and potentials to save a sinking ship, what Gallaudet University became in the last 6 years. But what happened? Was he appreciated? Not, by any means! He was thrown out by the complacency of the doomed and now the ‘happy ship’ continues its sinking into to abyss. How nice it that?!
Hello Titanic, good to see’ya again… (eyes rolling with bitter irony)
IKJ did not have any real adminstrative experience at all! He was just a dean of whatever section for a short time.
Glenn Anderson have more experience in university adminstration matters than IKJ as a presidential candidate in ‘88.
IKJ used to tell everyone that Dr. Glenn Anderson - “He is my (personal) friend!!”. IKJ just “chew and spit” Dr. Anderson when he doesn’t need the former Board of Trustee chairman.
That is very typical Machevillian tactic!
IKJ did not have any real adminstrative experience at all! He was just a dean of whatever section for a short time.
Glenn Anderson have more experience in university adminstration matters than IKJ as a presidential candidate in ‘88.
IKJ used to tell everyone that Dr. Glenn Anderson - “He is my (personal) friend!!”. IKJ just “chew and spit” Dr. Anderson when he doesn’t need the former Board of Trustee chairman.
That is very typical Machevillian tactic!
Why are you comparing Glenn Anderson to IKJ? Aren’t you supposed to be comparing him to Jane Fernandes - the person who was selected? Who cares what the standards were 18 years ago?
What’s more, it was the BoT that selected JKF, not IKJ. And it was the people of DPN who helped get King selected by the sheer force of popularity. DPN and RDPN are two totally different set of events and thinking of the time.
These people need to get their heads out of the gutters. They continue to rain crap all over IKJ, JKF and whoever they don’t like that have any inkling of an association with the IKJ/JKF crowd by continuing to spew bile, hate, venom and endless conspiracy theories all the time. I swear. You’d think you’re reading the National Enquirer. It gets real old…real fast. Seems like some of these people sound like spurned lovers who will just go on and on and on and on and on…..ad homenim galore. A choice used by petulent whiners.
We go into DeafDC hoping to see something constructive that would come out but all you see is ad homenim attacks on people in the adminstration up and down the wazoo whenever sweet wisper of words of IKJ or JKF, or anything remotely associated with the BoT, gets uttered here.
Would you please kindly spell out the “RDPN”, McConnell?
“Real Deaf President Now”
Newbie, Many people did not realize that IKJ did not really have the adminstrative experience back in last 18 years when he applied for the Gally presidency. Why should he?
The handful of deaf and hearing people including me said “What? IKJ - new Gally president?? Plz!” back in 1988. I never went to the Field House celebration on that evening for IKJ being selected as the 8th Prez.
Yes, the comparsion of Glenn Anderson with IKJ are still valid and logical. The present Gally BOT and IKJ keep saying “Jane Fernandes have the adminstrative experience, experience, experience”. IKJ is real hyprocrite himself!
Look at the political or adminstrative apprenticeship which tend to be in very disappointing results!
I would not let IKJ and JK get away with their cheap shots on “deaf identity crisis” and “not deaf enough”. I am not going to forgive either of them and the Gally BOTs. Those people hope that we would forget and move on. Nah! Too late!
The protest is called Unity for Gallaudet.