They tour the debris, washed away in gutters of their own making. Darkness over Belknap, dishes clanging in Sodexo. Minions called “personnel,” heads down as in depression days. Others walk upright, in bright blue suits, shielded by damage control, picking over the collateral damage they created. A yelping Felnerite still smiles out the window. A carefree Board member hurries to pick up basketball tickets. Dead cardinals in the mud, bodies bloodied on soiled dissertation papers. Before long, we are heading to a larger funeral, in a place once called “a university.”

There is NO WAY any decent university would allow this PhD to stand. The guy did not do the work of a PhD here or anywhere. He took some classes at another university where he was NOT Felner’s student. This was a bought degree, without question. There has to be a story about why the grad dean allowed this.

They said there were 10 times that the rules were relaxed about standards. Let’s have a look at those ten cases–I bet they are apples, oranges, and bananas. My guess is there was nothing that came close to this.

Ramsey and Wihlinganz only came up with this finding for damage control purposes–they fear losing accreditation, and that is why the committee found what it did.

That’s an interesting question. I’m sure if Jake pokes around enough he might have answer about that one.

Stuck in Looserville Univ., you forgot to add that Deasy received the UofL Alumni Fellow Award in 2007. This raises a few questions. What did he do to honor the UofL? Which “distinguished” committee gave him that honor? Did they show him around campus for the first time–or did he skip the award presentation? Was he another handpicked Felner prospect for a grand position in the CEHD without the faculty ever having a chance to interview him? If so, he took a bigger offer elsewhere (it can be done, though one must look hard to find bigger suckers than UofL). I could go on, but you get the point.

It amazes me that Jim and Shirley haven’t taken more heat for all of this. I guess they are well connented to the state. Still, there has been no correction for the wrongs done to individuals. I suppose the plan is just to write them off as casualties and ignore them. So much for one big happy family.