At what point in the rise of a global bureaucrat does lack of qualifications no longer impede one's ability to land any position at the top of the various hierarchies? Or are we supposed to buy it that holding top jobs at the World Bank or the Bank of England prepares anyone to run a major American university? Does the global elite rise to the top based on merit or is there something else that helps them float up there no matter what? The crisis at Columbia actually presented Dame Minouche a chance to truly shake up and reform an otherwise decrepit institution, but instead she fled from one group of antisemitic apologists to others back in England after only a year of floundering about. Sad.
It is interesting that Shafik is being replaced by a medical practitioner, as happened also at Harvard, Penn and Cornell (veterinary for Cornell). Medical faculty are among the most grounded in reality of university faculty members. There are sensible folks in other departments, but business professors tend get opposed by many professors so it is the doctors who get the nod.
To have been the president of Columbia University, a Dame, a member of the House of Lords, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and head of the London School of Economics suggests true greatness.
At what point in the rise of a global bureaucrat does lack of qualifications no longer impede one's ability to land any position at the top of the various hierarchies? Or are we supposed to buy it that holding top jobs at the World Bank or the Bank of England prepares anyone to run a major American university? Does the global elite rise to the top based on merit or is there something else that helps them float up there no matter what? The crisis at Columbia actually presented Dame Minouche a chance to truly shake up and reform an otherwise decrepit institution, but instead she fled from one group of antisemitic apologists to others back in England after only a year of floundering about. Sad.
It is interesting that Shafik is being replaced by a medical practitioner, as happened also at Harvard, Penn and Cornell (veterinary for Cornell). Medical faculty are among the most grounded in reality of university faculty members. There are sensible folks in other departments, but business professors tend get opposed by many professors so it is the doctors who get the nod.
To have been the president of Columbia University, a Dame, a member of the House of Lords, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, and head of the London School of Economics suggests true greatness.
Her her research generated impressive findings?