[Alumni-chat] Community Meeting on Thursday afternoon

[Art Dole]

On 10/3/07 10:17 AM, "Mark Pomerantz" <marklp2 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Duffy,
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> How did the consultant turn Northeastern around?
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> The alum board has contracted with a turnaround expert to help write this
> plan...Tracy Filosa...who helped
> turn Northeastern around.
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> Gotta go   Duffy
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Using consultants is risky. Consider the plans proposed by consultants
previously  employed by the BOT (eg. The Renewal Plan). Both the BOT and the
AB must bear in mind that it is the faculty and administration (especially
the President whoever she is) plus the students who have to carry out any
plan. Several specialists in higher education, sociology, and psychology
have written case studies on the failure of top down plans. The plans were
subtly sabotaged by those who were charged with carrying them out but who
were not consulted.

Art Dole '46> 
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