Higher ed searches
Regarding Charlie Smith’s op-ed column (“Search shouldn’t be secret,” Nov. 21):
Other states conduct open searches (and so did Mississippi not so long ago), and they seem to have no trouble attracting qualified candidates.
One of those candidates was Mississippi Valley State University President Donna Oliver herself, who was up for a position in West Virginia earlier this year.
Supposedly the purpose of all this secrecy is the protection of the candidates' privacy, but something tells me that it is more for the protection of those carrying out the search.
lsgoldman
Paper’s paywall
Regarding the article Monday on the passing of Lawrence Guyot:
This is just the kind of story, with its unique Greenwood angle, that I'd like to be able to send to my email lists and share on Facebook.
Alas, it is buried behind a paywall, so lots of people around the country won't get a chance to see how respectfully Mr. Guyot's passing is being reported here, and have a chance to understand how far we've come.
Somehow The New York Times and all other major newspapers manage to have a way that stories can be shared in some limited way with people who don't subscribe.
Hal Fiore
Editor’s note: The story can be shared, it just can’t be shared in its entirety unless the recipient has a subscription. An online subscription costs as little as $1 for a one-day unlimited pass.
