Politicians as university presidents?
A look at Ohio's Bill Johnson and West Virginia's Robin Capehart
Bill Johnson
In yesterday’s Ohio Capitol Journal:
Commentary: Everything about the YSU Board of Trustees' opaque maneuvers to quickly install right wing Trump apparatchik and notorious election denier Bill Johnson as the university’s 10th president is appalling.
— Ohio Capital Journal . . .
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Former West Liberty University president Robin Capehart makes the news
The Chronicle of Higher Education examines his anti-faculty actions at Bluefield State University
Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education takes a long look at former West Liberty president Robin Capehart’s anti-faculty actions as president at Bluefield State University. The article is by Chronicle reporter, Eric Kelderman:
Robin Capehart, who calls himself “the Campus Maverick,” is openly fighting faculty in a way that few college . . .
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Hey, it’s front page favorite week at the Wheeling Intelligencer
Capito PR today, Capehart PR yesterday: This is what passes for news?
With accompanying picture, today’s Shelley Moore Capito article covers half of the front page. There is no news in the article and the article is filled with bland statements such as:
. . .Capito indicated she is happy with the Republican party’s platform at this point in time, and she hopes that it continues going forward.
The “Thank God for Coincidence” Timeline
A look at the connections between Robin Capehart, Jim Justice and Bill Cole
The paths of three West Virginia Republicans, Robin Capehart, Jim Justice and Bill Cole, continue to intersect. With recent developments, I thought it might be worth noting where they overlap. Here's an annotated list of important events:
March 2015
After 13 charges of ethical violations by the West Virginia Ethics . . .
Journalism or propaganda?
Reading the Wheeling News-Register's story about Bluefield’s engineering program
Mostly for selfish reasons, I have tried to stay away from writing about the Bluefield State College proposal to bring engineering courses to the former OVMC medical facility in Wheeling. Writing about that proposal, despite its simple appearance, takes in a lot of topics and territory and I figured that a post on the subject would be hard to . . .
Updates on Myer/racism and Capehart
Away for a few days to a warmer climate (yes, it was nice). I’ve done some quick catching-up on recent topics. (The Republican education bill will have to wait for more developments.)
Mike Myer is still fighting racism (as long as it isn’t the Republican version of it)
Most of Editor Myer’s Sunday column, “Not at All Funny . . .
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Bluefield State College gets an ethically-challenged president (with update)
Okay, Robin Capehart is not a serial killer and he didn’t sneak into the country illegally, but shouldn’t the standards for becoming a college president be a bit higher than “we’re pretty sure he can pass whatever background check”?
From this morning’s Wheeling Intelligencer:
Robin Capehart, 65, a Moundsville native and former president of West Liberty University, was named interim president at Bluefield on Thursday. Capehart said his one-year contract with the college was approved unanimously by the institution’s board of governors.
Capehart . . .
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