The ultimate decision to leave Texas State came down to the fact that I would not suggest any undergraduate enroll in that University. I could not work for an institution in which I do not believe. I mentioned to Julie that for every good day I spent at Texas State, there were about four days that were borderline miserable. The President of the University is completely incompetent and runs the University like a Wal Mart-- high volume of student with very low interest in quality of life for students or faculty. I am certainly looking forward to a change.
The problems were not limited to the upper administration. The department of Geography is an abusive department with no direction and no scruples. Changes that were promised when I interviewed did not take place in terms of being an abusive department. Older faculty who are not the least bit qualified to assess my research took pleasure in assessing everything I did. The department chair never learned what I did after seven years and still believes that I am an urban planner. This is tragic and shows how little they care about anything but themselves. I am so glad to be gone and will only miss about 4 or 5 out of 30 colleagues.
Through facebook and this blog, we will chronicle our move and new position(s). The attached photo is of the Administration Building at Northwest Missouri State.
Kevin
