Hello:
A case on CASE is long ovedue.
Peace,GM
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 8:32 AM
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Subject: Re: Weatherhead school's dean resigns amid Case Western Reserve
University turmoil
What's going on at Case? It wasn't long ago that the Weatherhead School
lost Kim Cameron as Dean, probably one of their biggest blunders yet. I
hope someone is writing a case on Case.
Larry Pate
Redondo Beach, California
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From: Management Education and Development Discussion
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Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 5:18 AM
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Subject: Weatherhead school's dean resigns amid Case Western Reserve
University turmoil
EXCERPT
From: Jennifer Gonzalez, " Weatherhead school's dean resigns amid Case
turmoil
3rd administrator to quit since president's ouster," The Cleveland Plain
Dealer, July 21, 2006, at:
http://tinyurl.com/hwtx7 . (This url is the
printer version so if you click on it and your "do you want to print"
window
opens, just close that.)
Myron Roomkin, the dean of the Weatherhead School of Management at Case
Western Reserve University, has resigned after two years on the job,
effective Aug. 1.
"Dean Roomkin has graciously decided to step down for the good of the
school," said Albert J. Weatherhead III, an emeritus member of Case's
board
of trustees whose family name the business school bears.
Roomkin is the third dean at Case to resign within the last two months.
[.....]
It is unclear what Roomkin's plans are. He did not return phone calls to
his
home on Thursday night.
The university has been going through numerous changes since the
resignation
of Edward Hundert as president in March, after an overwhelming
no-confidence
vote by the arts and sciences faculty.
Roomkin has led the business school since 2004. Before coming to Case he
had
been the dean of the Kogod School of Business at American University.
When he arrived he said he planned to be highly active in the local
business
community and focus his time raising money for the school.
During his short tenure, the business school has experienced
instability,
with faculty leaving, key administrators being dismissed and enrollment
in
some programs declining. In recent months, some faculty had voiced their
concerns about Roomkin's commitment to the school's executive doctor of
management degree program.
Enrollment in the MBA program has declined from 774 in fall 2003 to 635
in
fall 2005, according to the university. In the last three years, 20
faculty
members have left, and the staff of 102 has been cut in half.
More recently, the school was one of three that were affected by a $33.4
million budget cut at the university. As a result, five staff members
were
laid off, and three others took early retirement.