Talk:Robert C. Robbins

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Changes to Lead

Hi, I'm a friend of Robert C. Robbins, and I have a suggestion for this page.

As the article lead is meant to summarize the content of the article, I think that moving the following paragraph from the lead to the Career section would make the introduction more clear and concise:

In the spring of 2023, the Faculty Senate at the University of Arizona gave R.C. Robbins a vote of “no confidence” due, in part, to the university leadership’s inaction regarding a violent student who would go on to fatally shoot a professor in October of 2022.^[1] He received a pay raise in October of 2023 from the Arizona Board of Regents.^[2] This was followed by his decision in December 2023 to enact hiring freezes, eliminate the Salary Increase Program and Pay Structure Increase for staff and faculty and Tuition Guarantee Program for students, and restrict purchasing by university departments due to the University of Arizona’s poor financial position.^[3]

The lead would then read as follows:

Robert Clayton Robbins (born November 20, 1957), known professionally as Robert C. Robbins or R.C. Robbins, is an American cardiothoracic surgeon and former president of The University of Arizona. Previously, he was the president and CEO of the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas, from 2012 to 2017.

References

^ "UA Faculty Senate passes 'no confidence' vote on university president". Arizona Republic.
^ "Arizona University Presidents Awarded Pay Raises And Bonuses". Arizona Daily Independent.
^ "University of Arizona Financial Action Plan". The University of Arizona.

I appreciate your help, Navyblue1234 (talk) 19:20, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

[1] "UA Faculty Senate passes 'no confidence' vote on university president". Arizona Republic.

[2] "Arizona University Presidents Awarded Pay Raises And Bonuses". Arizona Daily Independent.

[3] "University of Arizona Financial Action Plan". The University of Arizona.

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