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By: Reid Strange
Issue date: 6/23/09 Section: Mail Call
First of all, from what I read, Chancellor McKinney overruled the proposed well-qualified outside presidential candidates in choosing Murano as the new Texas A&M University president. It sounds more and more like McKinney might have picked someone less independent that he thought he could have control over - sort of a consolidation of chancellor and president, if you will. Secondly, reading McKinney's recent job performance review of former Texas University president Elsa Murano and then reading Murano's written response convinces me that McKinney's job performance review was conspicuously unfair, insulting and politically motivated.
The pattern that I see is that Chancellor McKinney either has a hidden agenda and/or is not doing his job well. It is my opinion that A&M's diminished image and diminished prospects for attracting a worthy new president will only be corrected when McKinney is replaced by someone with dignity and integrity.If McKinney stays and picks the next A&M president, I expect McKinney to select the person he thinks will most likely be controlled as his puppet, rather than picking a strong president of whom we can all be proud.
The pattern that I see is that Chancellor McKinney either has a hidden agenda and/or is not doing his job well. It is my opinion that A&M's diminished image and diminished prospects for attracting a worthy new president will only be corrected when McKinney is replaced by someone with dignity and integrity.If McKinney stays and picks the next A&M president, I expect McKinney to select the person he thinks will most likely be controlled as his puppet, rather than picking a strong president of whom we can all be proud.
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