tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post7910565498569405059..comments2024-03-10T05:26:42.148-04:00Comments on My Biased Coin: Harvard's New DeanMichael Mitzenmacherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06738274256402616703noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-7930022604715550272007-07-31T18:53:00.000-04:002007-07-31T18:53:00.000-04:00Maybe Mike will give you a promotion after all of ...Maybe Mike will give you a promotion after all of your apple-polishing....sheesh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-64321947298640015422007-06-12T11:34:00.000-04:002007-06-12T11:34:00.000-04:00The same is true at schools that emphasize teachin...The same is true at schools that emphasize teaching. An external search often looks for a great teacher, but great teachers don't necessarily make great administrators -- or like administration as much as they thought they would. I was hired as head through an internal search and am learning a lot of what it takes to be an effective administrator. o much of that involves interacting with the public these days, so teaching experience helps.Eugene Wallingfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135521656855808826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8890204.post-61926026424215834782007-06-08T11:04:00.000-04:002007-06-08T11:04:00.000-04:00This is an example of the paradox (if thats the ri...This is an example of the paradox (if thats the right<BR/>word) of hiring a great<BR/>researcher to an admin position. External searches<BR/>for chairman are like that--- you hire a brilliant<BR/>researcher to do admin stuff.<BR/>Of course, when they finish up their chairmanship they are in your dept so you want someone<BR/>good, but its still odd<BR/>to use one criteria for<BR/>hiring and a different one for the job.GASARCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06134382469361359081noreply@blogger.com