Who own USC? Stanford? or any other private school?

[kermalou]

who owns these "private" schools?

 

[theeedude]

They own themselves.

 

[Baked]

Board of regents.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Not regents.. that is for public schools. They are non-profit corporations and as such are governed by a board of trustees and a president.

PS a lot of the USC trustees are pretty cool people.. I've met a few.

 

[kermalou]

but who is ultimately responsible and how do they get where they are?

 

[Passions]

Originally posted by: kermalou
but who is ultimately responsible and how do they get where they are?

How do they get where they are?

Just take a look at your sig.

 

[axelfox]

Originally posted by: kermalou
but who is ultimately responsible and how do they get where they are?

Some people pay to get on board of trustees. Maybe not all schools, but I know there is a couple of schools out there.

 

[preslove]

Nobody "owns" them. All monies go toward their budget or endowment. The trustees just make the decisions, and get to be where they are by being prominent, successful, and/or connected.

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: kermalou
but who is ultimately responsible and how do they get where they are?

The executive staff (President, VPs, etc) are "responsible" and make all day to day decisions. The Trustees are responsible for the ultimate legal authority of the organization.

Trustees get there by knowing important people and sometimes because they have given money to the school. Most of them have a lot of business experience or at least education experience.

If you want to be involved with a university, you can start in it's administration as a staff member fairly easily. From there, you can work up to a VP post if you are good at what you do.

 

[Mo0o]

They own themslves basically. Trustees make large decisions regarding money and the business aspect. Presidents and vps handle day to day students and relations

 

[Deleted member 4644]

"As a private corporation, USC is governed by a board of trustees which has approximately 50 voting members. The board is a self-perpetuating body, electing one-fifth of its members each year for a five-year term of office."

 

[aswedc]

If you want to be involved with a university, you can start in it's administration as a staff member fairly easily. From there, you can work up to a VP post if you are good at what you do.

Maybe VP, but never President. Presidents almost always get brought in from the outside.

 

[The Batt?sai]

they pwn themselves lol :laugh:

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: aswedc

If you want to be involved with a university, you can start in it's administration as a staff member fairly easily. From there, you can work up to a VP post if you are good at what you do.

Maybe VP, but never President. Presidents almost always get brought in from the outside.

Presidents are almost always academic officers as well. (AKA, a phd or JD or MD)

 

[jaybert]

Originally posted by: aswedc

If you want to be involved with a university, you can start in it's administration as a staff member fairly easily. From there, you can work up to a VP post if you are good at what you do.

Maybe VP, but never President. Presidents almost always get brought in from the outside.

harvard's president (or ex...or soon-to-be-ex, i dont really know what the status is), larry summers came from harvard I believe

 

[IHAVEAQUESTION]

Members of trustee are usually some of the biggest donors to the school, so they basically manage the money they donated to the institution.

 

[IHAVEAQUESTION]

Originally posted by: jaybert

Originally posted by: aswedc

If you want to be involved with a university, you can start in it's administration as a staff member fairly easily. From there, you can work up to a VP post if you are good at what you do.

Maybe VP, but never President. Presidents almost always get brought in from the outside.

harvard's president (or ex...or soon-to-be-ex, i dont really know what the status is), larry summers came from harvard I believe

Not really. He probably got a degree from haward, but he was working for Clinton before becoming the president of harvard.

 

[screw3d]

USC's president actually holds a Ph.D in EE.

 

[JDrake]

Originally posted by: quasarsky
they pwn themselves lol :laugh:

lol

 

[SurgicalShark]

Originally posted by: senseamp
They own themselves.

j00 got Owned!!!

 

[her209]

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