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SUN's title:
Chancellor: UNLV president has the smarts, but lacks leadership

The fact:
Las Vegans: NSHE Chancellor doesn't have the smarts, and lacks leadership

Conclusion: Leave! Chancellor Rogers, leave! Good riddance!

How long does it take for Jim Rogers to know David Ashley's management style? Why cry foul after 3 years? And now Jim Rogers claimed that Bonnie was not married to David Ashley when Ashley was hired. Why does it matter? Jim Rogers' last attemp to make himself relevant, has failed miserably.

The previous report had indicated that the Ashleys flew coach, so no investigation into their flying first class needed. Make your comment relevant, by using the facts, not what's sensational, yet not true. It is UNLV Singapore's first commencemnet. I agree with Ashley, that there was no reason to cancel all the important appearance. Jim Rogers was PO'd that Ashley didn't cancel Ashley's trip because Jim Rogers threatened Ashley with wife issue. We applaud Ashley for being a big-picture person, instead of being the nitty-gritty narrow-minded ego-maniac Jim Rogers.

Regents should vote Ashley in. Do it after Rogers leave, of course. We don't want to hear his deafening shouting, and receive his phone calls and emails crying foul.

Rogers conflicts himself in the last paragraph, after he said he didn't mind if the decision is made in August after Rogers retires, "I think it's essential that you come to a conclusion quickly, but at the same time it has to be the right conclusion. I'm going to do everything I can do to get the issue resolved by July 1, and I believe it will be."

The SUN reports, "In preparation for the upcoming contract discussion, the board hired John Welty, president of California State University, Fresno, to evaluate Ashley's job performance.

To date, the public portion of that evaluation has been overwhelmingly favorable".

This would have been adequate for David Ashley's renewal. Remember Richard G. Carpenter's evaluation? Faculty who questioned Carpenter's ways was scolded by the evaluator, and only those who sang praises were allowed to finish their sentences. Such biased evaulation got Richard G. Carpenter's renewal, against the objection from the vast majority of the faculty and staff.

Now, for David Ashley's overwhelmingly favorable review, "Rogers has questioned the validity of the performance review". So David Ashley should be dismissed because Rogers doesn't like the evaluation result? Is there more performance review to be conducted to replace this one? Or we will just take Rogers' words for it? Why spent money to have the president of Cal State Fresno to conduct this evaluation review, and then dismiss it?

If the evaluation was bad, Rogers would have immediately embraced it. But now he found David Ashley overwhelmingly favorable, he thinks he only has to question the validity of the result, then he can still get what he wants - getting rid of someone whose performance is "overwhelmingly favorable".

Rogers is a misfit Chancellor in every way. Here he is again demonstrating his ignorance and arrogance. But we all know that about this Chancellor already. Step down! Rogers! If Regents have sometime to think about it until August, they would make a better decision. Better yet, a decisioin without your shadow over them. Good riddance! Jim Rogers.

Alden said. "Nobody's really happy with David right now."

I am not David Ashley's fan. But Mark Aldan, what do you mean by "nobody"? The world IS composed of more than you and Jim Rogers, I hope you understand that. Your talk is extremely condescending, disingenuous and manipulative.

Since this is a business trip (UNLV's Singapore campus graduation ceremony), I figure it's paid by NSHE. Has Mark Aldan, a Regent that approves budget, not approved Ashley's trip? Why now critize Ashley for taking the trip? Mark Aldan approved it for God's sake!

Mark Aldan is a hypocrite, and a henchman for Jim Rogers. Those NSHE soon-to-be hasbeens are doing everything they can to divert our attention away from the "fix was in" for the new NSHE Chancellor, Dan Klaich, who is a lawyer, like Jim Rogers, and has no knowledge with Higher Education, like Jim Rogers. Look where Jim Rogers's leadership took us?

Jim Rogers must answer questions about the knighting of Dan Klaich, instead of smearing Bonnie Ashley. We already know Jim Rogers, Richard Carpenter, and Mike Richards are threatened by strong women so please don't bother us with your own incapacity and fear. Answer the questions about the national search of a new Chancellor, or lack of. Tell us why.