Tue 12 Apr 2016
Roseman a Failure as Dickinson President
Posted by David Dudley Field '25 under Nancy Roseman at 7:41 am
From former Dean of the College Nancy Roseman, current President of Dickinson College:
During these past three years, I have grown to love Dickinson and its unwavering commitment to prepare young people, through our useful approach to a liberal-arts education, to be engaged citizens in service to our communities.
So it is with mixed emotions that I inform you that I will be resigning as president of Dickinson College, effective June 30.
To leave a college presidency less than three years after you started, and with little warning, is a sign of utter failure. Does anyone know the background story? Many Ephs have gone on to college presidencies. Has anyone done worse than Roseman? Not that I can name.
Could the (incompetent) Dickinson search committee that selected Roseman have done a better job? You betcha! They could have read EphBlog. Roseman was obviously unsuited to the roll of college president.
Comment from an anonymous Williams faculty member:
I’m told she still has her house in W-town. God forbid that she returns to the College.
So say we all.
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student says:
Is there anyone who is or has worked at Williams that Ephblog actually likes? It seems like the dominant impulse behind everything you do is schadenfreude.
April 12th, 2016 at 9:58 amDick Swart says:
A very good observation, student!
Perhaps Ms Roseman will be Die Frau Ohne Shatten
April 12th, 2016 at 8:41 pm'20 says:
@Student
Morton Schapiro. Also, because he’s an occasional contributor and I don’t think Ephblog has turned to eating its own young yet, Stephen J. Miller.
April 13th, 2016 at 12:44 amDavid Dudley Field '24 says:
> Is there anyone who is or has worked at Williams that Ephblog actually likes?
Yes! Dozens of people, as faithful readers will know. Let’s start with Sam Crane, Will Dudley, Eiko Sinawer, John Malcolm, Brooks Foehl, Lew Fisher, Joe Cruz, Katie Kent, Angela Schaeffer, Steve Klass, Rick Spalding, Dean Dave, Dick Nesbitt, Courtney Wade, James Cart, Amy Lovett, Mary Detloff, Steve Miller, Dick De Veaux, and on and on. All these people, and many, many more, are excellent at the work they do for the college. Williams would be worse off if they left.
Now, obviously, that doesn’t mean that we agree with everything they say or do. Anchor housing, anyone?! But these are all people that I, at least, genuinely, like. (Alas, not all of them like me!)
April 14th, 2016 at 10:16 pm