Emporia State University president Michael Lane is one of three finalists to fill the job as president at Millikin University in Illinois.
On Millikin’s website, the university said it has received and reviewed more than 80 applications to fill the position. The website also says first round interviews were conducted in late September and extended interviews with the three finalists will take place through early November.
Lane said he was nominated for the position then put in an application. He’s visited the campus once and will return in November for another interview.
“It’s something at this point I want to look at,” Lane said. “I’m not looking to leave ESU. Sometimes when opportunities arrive, you have to look at them.”
Millikin University is an independent four-year university in Decatur, Ill., a city of 76,000 people located 120 miles north of St. Louis, 180 miles south of Chicago, and 150 miles west of Indianapolis. It is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.
sail (anonymous) says...
do da do da, get him out of here, we want growth at ESU and he has not produced.
October 27, 2010 at 5:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
sail (anonymous) says...
G rrreat news ,very positive for Emporia.Hope the next time our local stroke and pat society picks a leader for ESU, they pick one who will produce growth.
October 27, 2010 at 5:41 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
Steve_Corbin (anonymous) says...
Anyone heard of the "Peter Principle?"
October 27, 2010 at 7:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
bobhornet (anonymous) says...
Spot on, Steve! The Lane administration has not been good for ESU. He has tried to mimic Fort Hays State by increasing enrollment through this China extension program, while we've stagnated on in-state and out-of-state domestic enrollment. We need another Schallenkamp. I hope Millikin takes him.
October 27, 2010 at 8:23 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
irishemporia (anonymous) says...
From the Hutch News:
Fort Hays' plan
Of all our state universities, Fort Hays State University might be taking the most active - and creative - steps to grow. So, when President Ed Hammond says he wants to double enrollment by 2020, even as enrollment is dropping at other state universities, we believe he can make it happen, especially because the college has done it before.
Just 10 years ago, the university had 5,506 students. This fall, enrollment was 11,883.
But Fort Hays hasn't relied on more students coming to its campus to make this growth happen. It has built up a virtual program that allows students to obtain degrees through online courses, and it has even gone so far as to develop a China program, which opens a market outside Kansas and the U.S. to draw on.
Today's total enrollment includes about 4,500 students who attend classes on campus. Another 4,000 are virtual students, and 3,500 are Chinese students who take classes either online or from Fort Hays faculty who go to China for temporary teaching assignments. The program allows Chinese students to earn bachelor's degrees in business administration, leadership, political science/prelaw and information/networking/telecommunications.
It's the first U.S. university allowed to offer degrees in China, so it's a fairly innovative step forward for a university. And these ventures into nontraditional education have allowed Fort Hays to generate the money it needs to sustain its campus and maintain quality in faculty and programming. It also helps keep tuition rates manageable. Fort Hays, with a charge of $10.15 a credit hour, offers the lowest tuition rate among Kansas' state universities.
At a time when Kansas universities are seeing their enrollment dip, with the exception of Fort Hays State, in favor of community college and technical training, Fort Hays appears to have the model to meet the needs of the day, and at an affordable price. That will go a long way toward helping it meets its goals.
By Davina Jamison/Hutchinson News editorial board
October 31, 2010 at 4:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )