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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Temporarily frustrated when the president jumped into an elevator and rushed into his fourth-floor office, a group of students followed in other elevators. As Mackey hid inside, the demonstrators continued their verbal assault in the hall and pasted "Mackey Mouse" stickers on the walls. Minutes later, someone spied the president escaping out a rear exit, and the crowd followed him outside the building, where an unmarked police car rescued him and sped away...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

Much of MSU's problem can be traced to what Mackey calls its attempt to "be all things to all people." Founded as the original land-grant college. MSU has based its development and curriculum on the philosophy of providing good education for a wide variety of people. Today, the university serves more than 40,000 students, boasting the second-largest on-campus population in the nation...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...been apparent for some time that MSU is confronted with its most difficult financial problems of modern times." President M. Cecil Mackey, State of the University address, February...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

Perhaps the worst damage from the whole budget crisis is the division it has created within the university community. Long after the fiscal sting has disappeared, students, faculty, staff and administrators will remember the bitter struggle for scarce resources. The "open process" by which Mackey conducted the budget-cuts decision-making probably exacerbated the problem, as supporters of every program from the planetarium to highway-safety training pleaded for hours at open meetings. "I am sure we heard all the reasons why we can't make any cuts in any program." John B. Bruff, chairman of the board of trustees...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

...fundamental values of academic excellence: a strong system of faculty tenure, opportunity and accessibility for students, affirmative action and sensitivity to the diversity of the society we serve--that if values come in conflict, we will seek resolution in the best interest of Michigan State University." President Mackey's State of the University address...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: To Serve the Masses? | 4/20/1981 | See Source »

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