on the rest of us. This is not the university’s problem; it’s ours. For several years now, Dr. Adams and others have wrestled with the issue of whether UGA should take only the brightest and best from our state, which tends to make the university mostly white and predominately female, or should it more closely represent the demographics of the state, which is almost one-third … [Read more...] about Nov. 19, 2001: Bingo! Dr. Michael Adams, president of the University of Georgia, has put the responsibility of increasing student body diversity at UGA right where it belongs —
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Jan. 8, 2001: It was not my alma mater’s finest hour.
Forty years ago this month, two young people who wanted to attend the University of Georgia along with other high school seniors in the state, were forced to go to federal court to gain admission. The two students were eminently qualified except for one extenuating circumstance. Both were black. As federal judge William A. Bootle so aptly stated in ordering their admission, … [Read more...] about Jan. 8, 2001: It was not my alma mater’s finest hour.
December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
Today, let us discuss the role of the chief executive officer, commonly referred to as the CEO. Our class assignment will be to look at the firing of Georgia football coach Jim Donnan and the role played by the University’s CEO, Mike Adams. The first thing to know about CEO’s is they get paid the big bucks and find their pictures at the top of the organization chart because … [Read more...] about December 7, 2000: CEOs Make the Tough Decisions
November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue
Memo to the World: Color My Red and Black Blue I am in a big time crabby mood today. Losing to Georgia Tech does that to me. Let me say at the outset that when it comes to my alma mater, the University of Georgia, I am an academic hawk. I strongly support the tremendous progress UGA has made in becoming one of the nation’s outstanding public universities. And I put my … [Read more...] about November 30, 2000: Color My Red and Black Blue