What's the Story? All Women Out of the Eau-Claire Search
This is an important week for UW System and not only because of the UW-Madison chancellor search but also because the search for a new chancellor of Eau-Claire has also been wrapped up. The media indicates an announcement naming that new leader will come Monday . With sincerest apologies to our sister school, I've been focusing on Madison while apparently fires are burning over at Eau-Claire. Contrary to the media account just referenced, 5 candidates were not under consideration this week-- instead, there were just 2. All three female candidates for chancellor of UW-Eau Claire pulled out of the search. Where there's smoke like that, there's usual fire. Why in the world did these three women withdraw their applications? 1. Pam Benoit, executive vice president and provost at Ohio University 2. Kathryn Cruz-Uribe, provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Monterey Bay 3. Anne E. Huot, provost and vice president fo...