Walking the Talk at the College of Design
From the (very small at the U of M) department of putting your money where your mouth is:
From the College of Design Memo From Dean FisherWow, just wow...
May 26, 2009
Monday Minute, May 26, 2009Dear Colleagues,
Mark Twain once said, "Action speaks louder than words, but not nearly as often." One action the college has taken has certainly registered with the University.
Our leadership group -- Associate Deans Kate Solomonson and Marilyn DeLong, Assistant Dean Kate Maple, Chief of Staff Kathy Witherow, and I -- may be the only college deans at the U taking a 10 percent reduction in our appointments next academic year in order to help balance our budget. That reduction equals 26 days without pay, which some of us will spread out across the year and others will take mostly during the summer. I commend my four colleagues for joining me in this voluntary reduction; such an action does not happen nearly as often as I think it should among the leaders of organizations in times like these.
President Bruininks, other administrators - your turn?