Talk:Roderick McDavis

No confidence?
Why does this read like it was written by his fan club? News articles abound about "no confidence" votes from faculty: http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-33666-mcdavis-in-the-middle-of-presidential-salary-pack.html "Critics at the time of the salary increase noted that in the two previous years, OU faculty had given McDavis two successive votes of "no confidence"; in the 2007 vote, 77 percent of professors who took part gave McDavis a failing grade for his performance."

and from students: http://www.athensnews.com/ohio/article-16891-students-give-mcdavis-no-confidence-vote-elect-vonville.html "Nearly 78 percent of the 4,666 students who voted in Thursday's Student Senate election gave Ohio University President Roderick McDavis a vote of 'no confidence.' Instead, many put their faith in TOGA..."

and his performance on many issues (rather than some meaningless tidbits about some rapper wanting to meet him)... http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2007/05/31/ohio "The letter argues that the McDavis administration has presided over a drop in reputation, including:

•Declining graduation rates and slowing application rates.

•A drop in the quality of students, as measured by test scores and other indicators.

•Poor budget management and decisions.

•Not concentrating on strengthening academics in the greater plan for the university.

•An improper handling of public relations crises, including a plagiarism scandal, theft of computer data and the arrests of more than a dozen football players and the head coach. "

Pittsburgh or Pennsylvania connection not clear.
I added several relevant templates to this talk page, but there is no clear indication of his connection with either Pittsburgh in particular, or Pennsylvania in general. Unless text with inline citations is added to the article, I would consider removing the Pittsburgh and Pennsylvania templates. --DThomsen8 (talk) 20:02, 5 February 2011 (UTC)