24 October 2019

ASU President Michael Crow: A Self-Declared "Blue-Blooded Capitalist"


When a guy who's at the top for 17 years of one of The State of Arizona's institutions for "higher education" admits that he's "A Blue-Blooded Capitalist" in charge of a public university where the tuition is supposed to be as free as possible, we have a problem . . . Crow has set himself up as an upper-class 'elite'.
His assertion begs for a question: 
Why did Crow dump this piece of information now?
Nobody asked
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According to a write-up by East Valley Tribune Writer Kevin Reagan that  was updated on October 22nd, Crow claimed that other State leaders in East Valley cities are not planning for the education and skills-set to meet the impact of technology on the state's future workforce.The "optics" are bad, intended or not, in this image included with Reagan's write-up ----------Crow looks like he's getting to strangle someone! (wearing his usual crimson tie, as noted) Or is it just the usual hand-jive motions most public speakers are trained to use now????? _________________________________________________________________________
Any reasonable person - or taxpayer - is entitled to ask at this point-in-time, he hasn't noticed that after the 3rd grade entering public schools, students can meet grade-level standards. When they graduate from high school, they can't read! Drop-out rates in community colleges are high, and on and on  What The Fook! has Michael Crow been doing for the last 17 years that have in any way, shape or form helped TO RAISE educational standards or achievement/proficiencies in Arizona public schools before some go on to "higher education" with high tuition?? State Rankings put Arizona at the bottom of all 50 States - ya can't get any lower than that.Add up all the school scandals, including Mesa's Superintendent of Public Schools, the head of the East Valley Institute of Technology, Maricopa Community College + ASU under investigation by the State Attorney General's Office + many more and anyone with a brain can figure out there's a problem in the entire system. . .AND Crow puts the blame for failure on East Valley community leaders? WHOA!_________________________________________________________________________Your MesaZona blogger can agree with Crow on one thing:
Crow said he doesn’t believe throwing more money at the problem will automatically fix it. 
“It can’t just be ‘we need more money, . . It has to be ‘we need more money and we will deliver more.’”
State not planning for future, Crow warns EV leaders
Updated
Source: East Valley Tribune
Arizona State University President Michael Crow warned Chandler community leaders they need to hold themselves accountable for how unprepared the state’s workforce is for the future.
“We have big issues in Arizona,” Crow said at a talk sponsored by the Chandler Chamber of Commerce last Thursday at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
"We grow and we think that’s economic growth – that’s not a sustainable economy.” . .
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Better go tell that to
  • Denny Barney, President/CEO of the East Valley Partnership and former Chairman of the Maricopa Board of Supervisors who has said "we have a skilled workforce ready to deploy on multiple occasions
  • Mesa Mayor John Giles, who got an award in 2018 for "Thought Leader of The Year' and supports a Budget Over-Ride for MUSD #4 an increase without any performance standards
  • The City of Mesa's Economic Development Director Bill Jabjiniak
 
    






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