IDOU Questions for President Harreld -- Unapproved and Unanswered

November 19, 2015. Some members of IDOU (Iowans Defending Our Universities) attended Bruce Harreld's session with the Graduate Student Senate November 18, 2015. Questions for President Harreld had to be submitted and approved in advance. IDOU members displayed their displeasure with the pre-scripted questions by holding up questions they would like Harreld to address.(The GSS had to submit their questions in advance.) Here is a list of some of those questions:

Non-approved question #1: Why we do have to have our questions approved?

Non-approved question #2: What parts of the university do you plan to privatize?

Non-approved question #3: What is a university president’s most important job?

Non-approved question #4: Ideally, how many women should be in leadership positions?

Non-approved question #5: What is “disruptive innovation”?

Non-approved question #6: How will you disruptively innovate the UI?

Non-approved question #7: Any plans for increasing grad student “vitality”?

Non-approved question #8: Any plans for increasing undergrad student “vitality”?

Non-approved question #9: Is asking non-approved questions uncivil? Why?

Non-approved question #10: How would you ensure that Black Lives Matter?

Non-approved question #11: What do you mean by “integrity”?

Non-approved question #12: Should graduate students have more time for research?

Non-approved question #13 Do you know the average graduate student’s teaching load?

Non-approved question #14 Shouldn’t a public servant hold a public forum?

Non-approved question #15 How much student debt is too much?

Non-approved question #16 Should donors or students call the shots?

Non-approved question #17 Who is your biggest role model?

Non-approved question #18 What book are you reading right now?

Non-approved question #19 How do you define “greater”?

Non-approved question #20 Why should you have a higher salary than Sally Mason?

Non-approved question #21 Would you send your grandkids to a public university?

Non-approved question #22 How will you change UI’s drinking culture?

Non-approved question #23 Why should we trust you?

Non-approved question #24 Do you support Equal Opportunity hiring?

Non-approved question #25 What advice would you give a Classics major?

Non-approved question #26 If you could have lunch with anyone, who would it be?

Non-approved question #27 How would you make non-traditional students welcome here?

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