Janice, I hadn’t heard that there were problems with Darwinists versus ID people–yikes. But, that’s an issue for only a few departments, not a university-wide issue, right?

I’m pretty sure that if they hire someone to match with their new vision of Baylor’s mission, we won’t see much friendliness to junior faculty who aren’t toeing the line.

I think it mostly has to do with fundraising and bitch-slapping the faculty. While Lilley excelled at the latter, I heard he was pretty bad at the former (angering the alumni by making pointless changes, etc.) Lilley’s mistake was in trying to fire people AFTER their departments had recommended them for tenure and promotion. That way, he made not just enemies of the people he tried to fire, but enemies of whole departments who resented that their procedures and judgment were being peed on from above.

Way to go, John. Don’t let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.