Under The Rock (2023)

Citations

Can President Montgomery do his job?

• Declining enrollment: https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2022/11/declining-enrollment-has-western-michigan-university-on-budgetary-tightrope.html

• President Montgomery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_B._Montgomery

• No-confidence vote, $75,000 bonus, enrollment, lay offs: https://www.westernherald.com/arts_and_entertainment/article_60b3c0f6-7607-11ec-b4b0-53f169461891.html

• 10k raise: https://www.freep.com/story/news/education/2022/06/23/western-michigan-university-president-edward-montgomery-raise/7710291001/

• Consumer Price Index: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/cpi_02102022.pdf

• (anonymous interviews)

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Covid-19 as a means of staff impairment

• AFSCME union information and contract: https://wmich.edu/hr/employees/afscme

• $0.08 raise, 2% raise: ​​https://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2021/09/western-michigan-university-still-in-negotiations-with-employee-unions-as-students-finish-third-week-of-classes.html

• (anonymous interviews)

 

He’s just horsing around… right?

• New $672,000 logo: https://wwmt.com/news/local/new-western-michigan-university-logo-ruffles-the-hair-of-some-broncos

• Historic $550 million donation: https://www.woodtv.com/news/kalamazoo-county/report-western-michigan-university-receiving-550-million-donation/

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The Western image above all

• Headcounts of faculty, staff, students, tuition, etc. about WMU, EMU, GVSU, CMU: https://www.univstats.com/

• Enrollment: https://wmich.edu/institutionalresearch/reporting/enrollmenthttps://www.mlive.com/news/kalamazoo/2022/11/declining-enrollment-has-western-michigan-university-on-budgetary-tightrope.html

• Enrollment cont.: https://wmich.edu/institutionalresearch/reporting/enrollment

• General fund: https://wmich.edu/sites/default/files/attachments/u335/2022/22-23%20Budget%20Summary%20Published.pdf

• (anonymous interviews)

 

I accuse this liberal institution of malice and incompetence

• "I Accuse This LIberal University of Terror and Violence" by Fredy Perlman: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/perlman-fredy/1969/i-accuse-this-liberal-university-of-terror.html

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Does Western exploit international wage slaves?

• Pay for student employment: https://wmich.edu/career/campus/payrates

• Enrollment: https://wmich.edu/institutionalresearch/reporting/enrollment

• (anonymous interviews)

 

Are you living the American dream yet?

• (anonymous interviews)

 

Western mismanages resources, staff face the consequences

• (anonymous interviews)

 

Don't you guys own phones?

• Surplus Sales: https://wmich.edu/logisticalservices/surplus

• (anonymous interviews)