Why did the president of Chicago State University do a double-take when reading a newspaper?”
The president of Chicago State University was scanning the newspaper before an executive staff meeting when he did a double-take. Frank Pogue learned his South Side school would be building an extension campus on the West Side, and state lawmakers were allocating $40 million for it. “Quite frankly, I was not informed,” said Pogue, who served as interim president for the 2008-09 academic year. “I don’t recall seeing a plan for the project in the year that I was president.” Legislators — not academics — proposed the Chicago State West Side campus, which became part of a huge public works program signed into law this summer by Gov. Pat Quinn. State Sen. Rickey Hendon (D-Chicago) championed the project, citing a need for more higher education and economic opportunities on the West Side, which he represents. Asked for details about the campus, such as a budget, enrollment and academic offerings, he said they’re up to the university. “I appropriate the money. I don’t tell the campus what t
The president of Chicago State University was scanning the newspaper before an executive staff meeting when he did a double-take. Frank Pogue learned his South Side school would be building an extension campus on the West Side, and state lawmakers were allocating $40 million for it. “Quite frankly, I was not informed,” said Pogue, who served as interim president for the 2008-09 academic year. “I don’t recall seeing a plan for the project in the year that I was president.” Legislators — not academics — proposed the Chicago State West Side campus, which became part of a huge public works program signed into law this summer by Gov. Pat Quinn.
