Re:Tradition for Sale: On University Architecture
by jessaustin on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:13PM
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As an engaged alumnus and attentive to such matters, I do not recall any open search for an architect for the major new buildings — the selection just happened.
This is a pernicious problem facing Ivy League institutions. Some administrator might complain bitterly that the entire process had been widely publicized and that anyway qualified architects would have known to call, but further review will discover that all publicity took place on a physical bulletin board and several private mailing lists. The faculty have not held the administration to account on numerous questionable decisions small and large, and now the bureaucrats feel they're accountable to no one.
This is a pernicious problem facing Ivy League institutions. Some administrator might complain bitterly that the entire process had been widely publicized and that anyway qualified architects would have known to call, but further review will discover that all publicity took place on a physical bulletin board and several private mailing lists. The faculty have not held the administration to account on numerous questionable decisions small and large, and now the bureaucrats feel they're accountable to no one.