Jessup asked to step down (NV Indy)
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I have seen that a couple of large donors said they would pull their donations if they let him go, just shows they didn't give a shit about the school, but they have ignored the fact that he made his job political, and ignored doing his real job, as well as the number of people who had dropped their support of UNLV due to his politics..
No matter which political party you back, this job should not be involved in politics, and instead should be to improve UNLV as an education institute.
No matter which political party you back, this job should not be involved in politics, and instead should be to improve UNLV as an education institute.
Can someone fill me in on Jessup's politics? I agree that his job should be apolitical. I'm just curious.
I understand this is political, and the moderators may want to remove this response if they believe they need to, but I am only responding to the question and nothing more.
He pushed for UNLV to become a sanctuary school.
He openly attacked President Trump and called him an idiot.
He has allowed school professors to openly threaten president Trump on several occasions as part of their class room instructions (caught on tape).
He has allowed professors to harass conservative students as part of class room instructions (caught on tape)
He attacked the NLV police department in writing on twitter and other social media sites, after they were on the UNLV campus because a member of BLM, who had an event on the campus, said that they had been harassed by the NLV police. The problem is it later came out that the BLM member had totally lied and they had never been anywhere near their event which ended before they were even on campus, and that they had been doing their training on campus for over 40 years without any issues. Jessup never apologized even when he found out it wasn't true.
We need a campus President that stays out of politics from either side and makes thing impartial for all students from any political party.
He pushed for UNLV to become a sanctuary school.
He openly attacked President Trump and called him an idiot.
He has allowed school professors to openly threaten president Trump on several occasions as part of their class room instructions (caught on tape).
He has allowed professors to harass conservative students as part of class room instructions (caught on tape)
He attacked the NLV police department in writing on twitter and other social media sites, after they were on the UNLV campus because a member of BLM, who had an event on the campus, said that they had been harassed by the NLV police. The problem is it later came out that the BLM member had totally lied and they had never been anywhere near their event which ended before they were even on campus, and that they had been doing their training on campus for over 40 years without any issues. Jessup never apologized even when he found out it wasn't true.
We need a campus President that stays out of politics from either side and makes thing impartial for all students from any political party.
If this is all true, and I don’t know that it is, this ain’t the type you want running an institution of higher learning. Can’t have a PC hard line lib trying to dictate freedom of thought and expression at a university.
Just like our mascot was “too racist”.
I don't think it was multiple professors "threatening" Trump. The one lady blamed the Oct. 1 shooting on Trump and that was caught on tape.
And the professor that harassed the conservative students did resign.
Still, the sanctuary school, North Las Vegas PD/Black Lives Matter issue, changing the school newspaper, all of those things are definitely political. It seems like this is pretty much just like every other liberal university though. As much as I hate it, I don't think it is cause for Jessup to be fired. But if he is, I won't really care.
And the professor that harassed the conservative students did resign.
Still, the sanctuary school, North Las Vegas PD/Black Lives Matter issue, changing the school newspaper, all of those things are definitely political. It seems like this is pretty much just like every other liberal university though. As much as I hate it, I don't think it is cause for Jessup to be fired. But if he is, I won't really care.
I really hate hearing that. I didn't know things like that were going on. Is UNLV trying to become a snowflake factory?
My concerns are about what happens if Jessup is fired. First and foremost are all the reported donations that are being rescinded. Last figure I read was 3 donors, $46 million dollars. My 2nd concern is what will happen to our Athletics Department and our bid to move to a P5 conference. Jessup seemed all in on funding & supporting the AD to move us forward. The time a search for a new president would take could set us back from concentrating on the thing's UNLV needs to improve on as well time it takes to prepare a solid presentation to earn the invitations. We also run the the risk of getting a new President who doesn't see the importance of athletics to UNLV's future. The final concern I have is the damage this public pissing contest is having and will have on the university's reputation. Why the chancellor and regents felt it necessary to take their dispute to the press I will never understand. Had they kept it in house, we might have been able to save at least the two endowments that were not tied to Jessup's employment. This is starting to look like the coaching fiasco all over again. I didn't and don't agree with Jessup's politics, as discussed above, but I thought at least he was a solid fundraiser for the university, now I don't know what or who to believe.
Couldn't agree more.
But to me, Jessup is as much to blame as any of this. Part of his job is dealing with a BOR, and he knew that some of them don't support him 100%. That is part of his job and he gets paid big money to deal with it. So far the rumors of him being fired were pretty speculative at best.
But what does Jessup do at first sign of media reports? He makes a public statement that he will be looking for a new job. He was also the one who wanted a review after 3 years. Now that review is happening and it looks to me like he is using it as an excuse to cut ties with UNLV early.
Really, what were the odds of him being fired if he made a public statement that he is "committed to UNLV 100% while serving as President, that he has made great success in some areas, and will work to improve other ares, and will work with the BOR and appreciate any feedback and findings of this review, and will support whatever decision they make in the best interests of the University."
I wouldn't be surprised if he already has a job lined up somewhere else, or is playing UNLV and the BOR by using the fundraising losses as leverage for a raise.
At this point, he has no choice but to go.
But to me, Jessup is as much to blame as any of this. Part of his job is dealing with a BOR, and he knew that some of them don't support him 100%. That is part of his job and he gets paid big money to deal with it. So far the rumors of him being fired were pretty speculative at best.
But what does Jessup do at first sign of media reports? He makes a public statement that he will be looking for a new job. He was also the one who wanted a review after 3 years. Now that review is happening and it looks to me like he is using it as an excuse to cut ties with UNLV early.
Really, what were the odds of him being fired if he made a public statement that he is "committed to UNLV 100% while serving as President, that he has made great success in some areas, and will work to improve other ares, and will work with the BOR and appreciate any feedback and findings of this review, and will support whatever decision they make in the best interests of the University."
I wouldn't be surprised if he already has a job lined up somewhere else, or is playing UNLV and the BOR by using the fundraising losses as leverage for a raise.
At this point, he has no choice but to go.
