[Magdalen] Pray for GTS today

[Ginga Wilder]

Chad wrote:
Worst case scenario: They'll lose accreditation due to how they've treated
the faculty, and close in a year or two.
Best case scenario: They limp along, damaged by all the bru-ha-ha, and
close in ten years.

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This has been my concern.  Pessimist that I am, I have wondered if GTS can
ever recover from this fracture.  I am guessing this has taken years to get
to this point.  Of course, the resolution is not here yet, and it won't be
over until it's over.  I am sad for the people of GTS and for the
reputation of this institution.

Ginga



On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:45 PM, Charles Wohlers <
charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:

> Worst case scenario: They'll lose accreditation due to how they've treated
> the faculty, and close in a year or two.
> Best case scenario: They limp along, damaged by all the bru-ha-ha, and
> close in ten years.
>
> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message----- From: James Oppenheimer
> Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 7:34 PM
> To: Magdalen at herberthouse.org
>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pray for GTS today
>
> I have some experience with boards of trustees.  They tend not to be
> involved in the institutions they direct, and don't really want any
> "problems," that is, something that requires them to do their job in a
> pinch.  They also may very well have crafted their decision with the full
> intent of getting rid of Dunkle at a later time when it doesn't make them
> look quite so dumb (they were, after all, the suckers who hired that
> martinet to begin with, so if they fire him [now] they look like idiots)
>
> And of course, the faculty violated one of the biggest rules: The power
> brokers always, always demand it -- but you must never ever, EVER speak
> truth to power.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5j2F4VcBmeo
>
> James W. Oppenheimer
> *“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
> for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
> on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente
>
> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:18 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  I am personally very disappointed in he action of the board of trustees.
>> Judy
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Don Boyd <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Am I correct in inferring that the GTS Boards message to Dean Dunkle is
>> > "Attaboy, keep up the good work," and to the "resigned" faculty it is >
>> "If
>> > you are willing to eat the heaping plate of crow we place before you, we
>> > may reinstate you for the remainder of this academic year"?  Might a
>> > further inference that Dean Dunkle is doing exactly what they intended
>> when
>> > they hired him be justified?
>> >
>> > Sayres' Law, promulgated in the middle of the last century, said:
>> > "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics,
>> because
>> > the stakes are so low."   One can find references to the viciousness of
>> > ecclesiastical politics going back for many centuries.  This GTS case
>> makes
>> > me suspect that when the  political practicioners are both ecclesiasts
>> and
>> > academics, all hell will break loose.
>> >
>> > Lord, have mercy.  Christ, have mercy.  Lord, have mercy.
>> >
>> > Don in Austin
>> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Hagen" <susanvhagen at gmail.com
>> >
>> > To: "magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
>> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2014 5:18 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Pray for GTS today
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >  Episcopal Cafe has the update:
>> >> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/seminaries/gts_board_
>> >> dean_to_stay_faculty.html
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>> Western Michigan
>>
>>
>