Posted in General, Petersen Quotes on Sep 18th, 2006 5 Comments »
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Posted in Petersen Quotes on Aug 4th, 2006 No Comments »
During a telecasted presentation from the UTK Hodges Library’s auditorium yesterday President John Petersen took the opportunity to discuss the issue of “merit-pay” during the question-and-answer section at the end. He went on record that the UT administration HAS been asking the Legislature to allow the administrator to give “merit-raises” to everyone, staff as well [...]
Posted in Petersen Quotes on Jun 13th, 2005 No Comments »
“The most important thing is protecting our quality faculty and doing the best we can for everybody else,” he said. “If I’m going to make decisions, I’m going to annoy some people. If I annoy the people who are adequate and don’t annoy the people who are excellent, I’m OK with that. They didn’t hire me not to make tough decisions.”
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