He has taught and been an administrator for a total of 48 years, and counts himself lucky for only having been at three schools in his career. Of his 23 years at VSU, Dr. Bailey speaks about change. Education is a buyer s market, now, he says. And that s good for students. You can get your whole education online.
Excellent programs are the key.
While not an advocate of the warm and fuzzy school, Dr. Bailey says that he leans more toward personal involvement in an atmosphere of professionalism than toward the ascerbic. Oh, but I m practicing again, he says and moves on. He speaks of his detractors and decisions, explaining that the best a president can do is be creative in trying to help students solve their problems, and that usually that requires referring them to someone who can more completely help. Presidents don t do things by themselves, he says. The only thing they do is keep the latent atmosphere.