Talk:John Sexton

message: It seems fairly obvious that this article has gotten a lot of attention in recent months because of the labor dispute at NYU. While this is an important event for those involved it doesn't really merit a detailed discussion in Sexton's article.(Are you kidding, he's spending millions of NYU's dollars busting the union! It's absolutely relevant.  No problem including other information about Sexton's term as president, but there is no reason why a detailed account of Sexton's actions regarding the strike should not be described in his biography, especially actions that are unprecedented or extremely uncommon in academic history.  If other folks want to a do a more detailed account of his activities as dean of the law school, go for it, it too would presumably be relevant). As an NYU undergraduate I can testify that the strike is barely a blip on the radar of most students' experience (thousands of recitation hours canceled, hundreds of classes moved off campus by supportive profs, daily picket lines, politicians and visitors boycotting the campus, frequent labor rallies, the trash isn't being picked up at some buildings--For non NYU folks who want to know more, check the archives on the nyunews.com website--or the NY Times, Chronicle of Higher Ed, Inside Higher Ed, The Nation, or the New York Sun). Much more relevant is the dramatic rise in the rankings of NYU's law school over the past 10 years, which occured under while President Sexton was dean. As such I object to the assertion that his Presidency has been "marked by disputes with organized labor" (216.165.27.68 17:16, February 15, 2006
:parenthetical comments by  24.185.82.153 at 20:32, February 23, 2006
:It seems fairly obvious that this article has gotten a lot of attention in recent months because of heated labor dispute at NYU. This is an important event for those involved and the entire community. But much more relevant to amoral strivers like me is the dramatic rise in the rankings of NYU's law school over the past 10 years, which occured under while President Sexton was dean--although military recruiters on the law school's campus were purging it of its reputation as a hotbed of public interest legal training. unsigned comment by 24.185.82.153 at 00:42, February 23, 2006
The Wiki Nazis like Zimmer are going to allow "huge baseball fan" and other syncophantic language but not a serious mention of the GSOC strike?--I mean seriously people...POV is one thing, an overview of Sexton's role in the future of graduate work in the academy and the facts about how NYU under Sexton is (mis)handling the longest GA strike in history is quite another.
Also, participants should know that the heavy-handed editing being visited upon this page has been the subject of an article in the NYU newspaper, the Washington Square News.  --unsigned comment by 24.185.82.153 at 23:27, March 2, 2006
:It is incorrect to characterize the editing of this page (or any Wikipedia page) as a single user "allowing" particular content to exist. It is the community of users who collectively shape an article's content. Please refrain from personal attacks, Also, please create an account and sign your posts. --mtz206 18:54, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
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message: as a parent with a son who is an undergrad
can we have a discusion of sexton's salary, including the v generous fringe ? seems to me his salary is outsized; he is a 1%er
also, my take on the global campus was branding - just as Saks Fifth Avenue migh wish to expand its brand by building new stores, NYU is building new campuses (this is an american thing, our universitys are one of our few globally competitive industrys, yale and others jumping on bandwagon)
on a personal note, the new architecture, in particular the bobst library - yuck. Is there any quotable info on this stuff ?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.236.121.54 (talk) 15:27, 7 May 2012 (UTC)
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message: In the  President of New York University section, I removed the following statment:
"The proceeds from the book are donated to financial aid at NYU"
I searched through many articles about this book, and couldn't find any statement about giving the proceeds to financial aid. If anyone can find a reliable source, please put the statement back. Leschnei (talk) 15:09, 4 June 2016 (UTC)
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message: Regarding the NPOV tag, the article includes many WP:PEACOCK words and WP:TONE problems. 
As just a few examples: saying that he has received "many awards" in the lead is inappropriate, since many of those awards are sourced exclusively to WP:PRIMARY sources. The article generally gushes with praise for him, but is also padded out to includes inane trivia, such as saying that "His favorite baseball announcer is Vin Scully". This is sourced to an interview that was added as spam, by the way. 
Again, these are examples, and it's not hard to find more. Grayfell (talk) 04:13, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
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