Bitter Dispute Over Botched Search Continues to Divide U. of Iowa — and Iowa

by E Wayne Ross on December 18, 2006

The Chronicle News Blog:

Bitter Dispute Over Botched Search Continues to Divide U. of Iowa — and Iowa

Two more University of Iowa groups have voted no confidence in the Board of Regents over its management of the search for a new president. The Staff Council, which represents about 5,200 staff members, approved a no-confidence measure on Wednesday by a vote of 38 to 1, with two abstentions. In a statement, the council’s president, Mary Greer, said, “Secrecy, micromanagement, and authoritarianism demonstrate the leadership’s lack of respect for the university community and the public.”