Constantine Papadakis

Constantine Papadakis, president of Drexel University.

Constantine Papadakis has been the President of Drexel University in Philadelphia, PA since 1995. During his tenure, Papadakis has leveraged the historic strengths of the University (co-operative education, a focus on technology and the rich resources of its Philadelphia location) to...

• double full-time undergraduate enrollment from 4,500 in 1996 to more than 12,000 today; He keeps letting more students in then there is room so a lot of students that want housing don't get any because of the influx of freshmen.
• triple freshman applications;
• quadruple the endowment from $90 million to more than $500 million; and
• quintuple research funding. most of the money goes into his own pockets

Today, Drexel educates 17,500 students, is the sixth largest private employer in Philadelphia employing more than 5,000 people and has an annual budget of more than $572 million.

He cares nothing about the students education. The only thing that he cares about is the amount of money he can rake in. 75% of the professors here are tenure compared to 93% at Carnegie Mellon. Thats is one of the reasons why that the fall and winter quarters have more of a variety of courses then the spring ans summer quarters. The Princeton Review's guide to colleges ranks Drexel third worst of 357 universities for "long lines and red tape,". What has Papadakis done to resolve the issues of the students and faculty? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, he doesn't listen to anyone students, teachers or any of his advisors. He is probably proud of that ranking. People pay moeny to learn or to get a good educaton for their kids, not to deal with the hassels of Papadakis's drexel. To Papadakis nobody's opinion matter except his. Only his opinion is right and thats why the faculty and student body is miserable at drexel. It's a gulag and there is no escape.

Papadakis' salary of $805,000 is currently the sixth highest among university presidents. Source: The Triangle (Drexel University's Student Newspaper)

External Links

• How Dr. Papadakis Runs a University Like a Company, The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2005. (Subscription Required)
• Office of the President, Drexel University