An Impression of John Hitt

He is arrogant and tells bad jokes that are followed by obsequious laughter.

Getting Rich the Old Fashioned Way – Begging For It

Florida’s top three state universities (USF, FSU, and UF) cajoled Charlie Crist into allowing them to charge students more money for tuition. Hitt wanted UCF to be among these schools, but he didn’t object to Crist signing the bill. My guess is that by acquiescing to this bill Hitt thinks it will make it easier for UCF to successfully lobby for tuition increases in the future.

I’ve been involved with UCF as a student, teacher, and administrator for over a decade. As a student, most of my classes were terrible wastes of time. Most instructors were poor presenters, ill informed about the subject matter, and/or simply disinterested in making an effort to teach effectively. One of the worst instructors I ever witnessed was still given tenure because he brought in a decent amount of grant money. Have I mentioned that UCF loves money?

As a teacher, I quickly realized that UCF's executive administrators viewed students as consumers who should get passing grades for very little work (The average undergraduate grade at UCF is a B-). Many students are aware that complaining about instructors can be an effective method of improving their grade.

As an administrator, I’ve watched significant amounts of money wasted on full time employees who only have to perform five hours of work a week. I would estimate that UCF could eliminate as much as twenty percent of their work-force and still deliver the same level of service to students.

Allowing UCF to charge higher tuition would financially hurt students only to further benefit a huge institution that doesn’t properly handle the money that it has already been given. I suspect that it was an error to allow USF, UF, and FSU to increase tuition, but I can only testify to UCF’s waste and lust for power.

They Paved Paradise and Put Up a…

This article is a perfect example of how UCF is obsessed with building stuff. The University is willing to waste 48 grand to be legally allowed to turn an ecological sensitive wetland into, get this, an intramural sports field.

The Benefits of Owning the Means of Production

Under President John Hitt, UCF has made a move towards applying corporate philosophy to an educational environment. The most striking example of how UCF does this is by giving top administrators – the corporate equivalent of executives – exorbitant raises while lower level employees beg for small increases. As expected, John Hitt – the corporate equivalent of a CEO – gets to rape the company.

Tips

Are you a UCF insider with secret information about UCF’s greed and excess? Send tips to ucflovesmoney@yahoo.com. The source of all emails will be kept confidential unless the source’s identity is verified, and they agree to go on the record.

A Bribe

Karen Jans used to be an Assistant Director at the University of Central Florida. She made around fifty grand a year. She got mad at her boss, gave notice, and quit. She was then unemployed for about a year. Recently, UCF hired her as an Assistant Vice President in the Division of Community Relations, and now Karen makes around eighty grand a year. This is an impressive promotion in both rank and salary. Karen’s mother is Senator Evelyn Lynn, chair of the Higher Education Appropriations Committee.

Mission Statement

UCF’s upper level administrators are determined to get as much money as they can from students, taxpayers, and donors. After they get the money, the same administrators engage in their favorite activity: spending the money. They give themselves excessive raises, take unnecessary business trips, buy new and often unnecessary computers, construct new buildings, and hire more employees even though these new hires like many existing employees have little work to occupy them.

The mentality at UCF is this: GIMME, GIMME, GIMME, SPEND, SPEND, SPEND. The mission of “UCF Loves Money” is to document the waste and inanity that is life at the University of Central Florida.

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