The Chronicle News Blog: New School Faculty Senate Votes No Confidence in President Bob Kerrey
In a nearly unanimous vote this afternoon, senior faculty members at the New School approved a motion of no confidence in the institution’s president, Bob Kerrey. The university’s trustees, however, apparently were unmoved by that vote. The trustees also gathered today, at a regularly scheduled meeting, and the university released a statement afterward saying they had unanimously expressed confidence in Mr. Kerrey’s leadership.
The faculty vote took place at an emergency closed-door meeting of the Faculty Senate. According to a summary of the results — released by Jim Miller, a professor of political science who is a co-chair of the senate — 74 faculty members voted for the no-confidence resolution against Mr. Kerrey, two voted no, and one abstained. Faculty members also overwhelmingly voted no confidence in the leadership of the institution’s executive vice president, James Murtha.
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