Talk:Elizabeth Coleman

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Rankings[edit]

Do you think the information about college rankings belongs here? Is there a direct correlation between Coleman and a decline in academic quality, enough to include the in such a short bio and with hardly any context? Perhaps this info would be more appropriate on the Bennington College page. Or her bio could be legthened and include *objective* details about the symposium. That may be better on the Bennington College page as well, however. I've though there should be a well written section about the symposium for a while. That is definitely opening Pandoras box, but it could be done well. Daly 02:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Personally I think the college rankings thing isn't all that objective as a number of rankings have Bennington high on the list. Regardless, I agree that this isn't the place for it anyways. I think more details on the symposium would be a better idea. --Jonmedeiros 04:43, 23 May 2006 (UTC) Does anyone else think a disambiguation page for this Elizabeth Coleman and the aviator Elizabeth "Bessie" Coleman is warrented? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.67.115.170 (talk) 21:02, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Article is ridiculous, unjustified, intentionally inaccurate. Should be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.2.33.63 (talk) 13:47, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody has a personal axe to grind??[edit]

As of August 1, 2009 this article states that Coleman's "tenure at Bennington will end in Fall 2009 when the college will cease operations due to fiscal mismanagement." There is a strong implication here that Coleman has brought financial ruin to the college. Note the lack of supporting documentation.

According to an official communication dated July 9, 2009 (here: http://www.bennington.edu/index.cfm?objectID=606AEC75-5056-BA14-232B6EB7764BE77B) the Board of Trustees have instituted a faculty/staff salary freeze for the coming year and have reduced the overall operating expenses for next year by 4%. The statement concludes:

"Much as I regret the need to take these measures, I can assure you of the fundamental health of the College. We continue to see record numbers of applicants, and will welcome a record 210 entering students to Bennington this fall; as well as a set an historic high for overall enrollment at the College with more than 650 undergraduates. We have avoided making cuts that would jeopardize future growth."

Sounds to me like Bennington isn't closing nor is Coleman going anywhere.

Perhaps the author of the questionable statement should provide some evidence or remove the defamatory statement.

P.S. I have no affiliation or connection to Bennington or Dr. Coleman. Just happened upon this Wikipedia entry after watching her 2009 TED Conference video and thought that the first sentence sounded fishy. 69.200.229.179 (talk) 04:28, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Academic division"?[edit]

This article says:

In 1994 her administration had abolished tenure and eliminated academic division.

What is "academic division"? Michael Hardy (talk) 00:47, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Content down to a stub[edit]

Given the persistent vandalism, I think it is best to return the article to the short stub it was a couple of months ago. Any content added to the page should follow the policy on biographies of living people and in particular, should be properly referenced. Pichpich (talk) 01:46, 21 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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