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The Daily OrangeChancellor's contract extended to 2014
Cantor to use next six years to enhance SU programs
By Rachel Eldridge
Posted: 8/25/08, 12:35 AM EST Section: News
Chancellor Nancy Cantor is here to stay - at least until 2014.
This summer, Syracuse University's first female chancellor accepted a contract extension that was unanimously agreed upon by two university committees.
"I was grateful to have the chance to renew my and my family's commitment to the university and proud that the trustees recognized the work we are doing," Cantor said.
The Board of Trustees' Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee were involved in the voting process. Students, professors and faculty members did not have input in the decision. Cantor's current contract was set to expire in 2010.
With the contract extension, Cantor will lead SU for 10 years, a year and a half longer than the average American college president, according to a 2006 survey by the American Council on Education.
Cantor plans to increase faculty positions and create new undergraduate and graduate programs. Her goals include expanding student scholarships and financial aid, in addition to plans to upgrade Bird Library and the Schine Student Center, she said.
"I think she's done a lot overall for the campus and the community," said Jameson Fleming, a junior broadcast journalism major. "I think she should be in a position to continue to contribute to the community. This campus and community need someone with her vision, no matter what title she has."
Projects encompassed by Cantor's Scholarship in Action campaign include expansion of the SU Abroad program, an increase in financial aid available to students and development of interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs.
Her other campaign is set to raise $1 billion, which she believes will be met by 2014. More than $560 million has already been raised after just eight months, according to the Syracuse Record.
Despite the previous tension between Boyce Watkins, an associate professor in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Cantor, Watkins seemed pleased with her extension.
This summer, Syracuse University's first female chancellor accepted a contract extension that was unanimously agreed upon by two university committees.
"I was grateful to have the chance to renew my and my family's commitment to the university and proud that the trustees recognized the work we are doing," Cantor said.
The Board of Trustees' Compensation Committee and the Executive Committee were involved in the voting process. Students, professors and faculty members did not have input in the decision. Cantor's current contract was set to expire in 2010.
With the contract extension, Cantor will lead SU for 10 years, a year and a half longer than the average American college president, according to a 2006 survey by the American Council on Education.
Cantor plans to increase faculty positions and create new undergraduate and graduate programs. Her goals include expanding student scholarships and financial aid, in addition to plans to upgrade Bird Library and the Schine Student Center, she said.
"I think she's done a lot overall for the campus and the community," said Jameson Fleming, a junior broadcast journalism major. "I think she should be in a position to continue to contribute to the community. This campus and community need someone with her vision, no matter what title she has."
Projects encompassed by Cantor's Scholarship in Action campaign include expansion of the SU Abroad program, an increase in financial aid available to students and development of interdisciplinary undergraduate and graduate programs.
Her other campaign is set to raise $1 billion, which she believes will be met by 2014. More than $560 million has already been raised after just eight months, according to the Syracuse Record.
Despite the previous tension between Boyce Watkins, an associate professor in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, and Cantor, Watkins seemed pleased with her extension.
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Tom Brown
posted 8/25/08 @ 6:51 AM EST
I wish the story had included info on the compensation promised by Cantor's new contract. I also hope she has "grown in the job," perhaps learning a few lessons about freedom of speech in the Hill TV fiasco. (Continued…)
David R '04
posted 8/25/08 @ 9:04 AM EST
Un-Believable:
Syracuse University doesn't need chancy nancy. We 'were' headed in the right direction. Breached the top 50 for undergraduate education, and yet it all seems to have begun slipping away down the same slippery slope that only allows free speech to occur when nancy says so, and to the extent that she allows it. (Continued…)
Orange 3:16
posted 8/25/08 @ 10:02 AM EST
From the way that Chancellor Cantor is running SU, I hope she considers running for U.S. Senate after she leaves SU.
CalifCuse
posted 8/25/08 @ 12:38 PM EST
More years of political correctness run amok, and more years of an embarrassing football team?!?
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