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ISU faculty no-confidence vote goes against Provost Gary Olson

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Idaho State Journal: ISU faculty no-confidence vote goes against Provost Gary Olson

POCATELLO — Nearly 70 percent of the faculty members who participated in an advisory vote on Idaho State University Provost Gary Olson have no confidence in him, according to vote results released by the ISU Faculty Senate Friday evening. Of the 431 faculty members who cast ballots this week, 295 expressed no confidence in Olson. Ninety-five faculty members have confidence in the provost while 41 voted to abstain.

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University of Cincinnati music dean under fire from faculty

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Cincinnati Enquirer: University of Cincinnati music dean under fire from faculty

Douglas Knehans, dean of the University of Cincinnati’s acclaimed College-Conservatory of Music, is under fire from the college’s professors to the point that he could be replaced.

The committee representing more than 100 CCM professors has written to Provost Tony Perzigian, UC’s top academic officer, telling him that relations with Knehans “have reached an irreparable end.”

“No dean can function without the trust and respect of his faculty, and Douglas Knehans has neither,” said the Nov. 24 letter, obtained by The Enquirer under an Ohio Open Records Law request.

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IUP president hit with overwhelming no-confidence vote

Posted on December 23, 2009 by | Comments Off on IUP president hit with overwhelming no-confidence vote

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: IUP president hit with overwhelming no-confidence vote

INDIANA, Pa. — Faculty at Pennsylvania’s largest state-owned university returned an overwhelming vote of no confidence in the leadership of Indiana University of Pennsyvlania president Tony Atwater.

Results of three days of balloting by the campus chapter of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties was announced by a union vice-president during this afternoon’s Indiana Council of Trustees meeting.

A total of 777 individuals, from full-time tenured faculty to part-time adjunct instructors, were eligible to vote. Of that, 672 did.

“Of those who voted, more than 84 percent voted that they no longer have confidence in President Atwater’s leadership,” said Francisco Alarcon, a math professor and vice-president of the union’s campus chapter. The union later released numbers on the vote: 568 expressed no confidence; 64 expressed confidence, and 40 abstained from voting on the resolution.

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09352/1021995-100.stm#ixzz0aYbGEjJM

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No-Confidence Vote at Cal State Stems Partly From Chronicle Essay

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The Chronicle: No-Confidence Vote at Cal State Stems Partly From Chronicle Essay

There are plenty of reasons for anxiety and perhaps even unrest at California State University-Stanislaus. The campus is coping this year with a $13.5-million budget cut, which has led to furloughs, reduced enrollment, and the elimination of a winter term. But when faculty critics explain why they voted no confidence last week in the university’s president, Hamid Shirvani, Exhibit A is a commentary he wrote for The Chronicle.

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New York: Broome Community College faculty votes “no confidence” in trustees

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Press & Sun-Bulletin: BCC faculty votes “no confidence” in trustees

The faculty at Broome Community College has cast a vote of no confidence in the college’s board of trustees, the president of the faculty association said. The votes, which were counted today, were overwhelming in support of the no confidence resolution, said Greta Wingate, president of the association.

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Panel Says Not to Fire Idaho State Faculty Member

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Inside Higher Ed: Panel Says Not to Fire Idaho State Faculty Member

Idaho State University lacks sufficient evidence to justify the termination of a tenured professor charged with a pattern of abusive and disruptive behavior, a faculty panel ruled Friday. Habib Sadid, an engineering professor who has been at Idaho State for more than 20 years, was suspended and barred from campus in August. Sadid has challenged administrators publicly, and in 2005 he organized a no-confidence vote in the university’s former president, who later resigned amid protests about his compensation. The panel ruled 4:1 in favor of Sadid, and the lone vote against him came from a faculty member appointed to the panel by the university’s provost. In its ruling, the panel said due process had not been followed and they found “the absence of requried documentation disturbing.” The panel added, “After years of satisfactory evaluations, the short interval to termination without the opportunity for remediation was troubling to the majority, particularly in light of the fact that the recommendation to terminate was based on a claimed long-term pattern of behavior.” The panel’s findings are advisory, and the university’s president is still authorized to terminate Sadid, according to university rules.

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No confidence poll at University of Arizona

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Tucson Citizen: No confidence poll at University of Arizona

UA faculty are being asked to rate how much confidence they have in the current administration via a poll that is set up through the UA’s Employee Link portal.

An e-mail seeking faculty input into the internal conflict at the University of Arizona went out Friday just before 5 p.m. through the UA all-faculty listserv. The e-mail, signed by faculty leaders at UA, directed faculty to a 10-question poll accessed via UA’s Employee Link, and also asked faculty to describe in two or three sentences maximum “what specific change would be most important in improving the current situation at the

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Texas: Alamo Colleges faculty vote no confidence in chancellor

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Express-News: Alamo Colleges faculty vote no confidence in chancellor

Faculty at four of the five Alamo Colleges voted Monday to declare no confidence in Bruce Leslie, the district’s embattled chancellor, and delivered the news to trustees at a packed board meeting Tuesday night.

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Illinois Faculty Senate Backs Ouster of University’s Leaders

Posted on September 15, 2009 by | Comments Off on Illinois Faculty Senate Backs Ouster of University’s Leaders

Daily Illini: U-C Senate approves admissions resolution

he Urbana-Champaign Senate voted in favor of resolution SC.10.01B Monday, which called for the removal of President B. Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman.

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Staff Unions at U. of California Vote No Confidence in President

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San Francisco Chronicle: UC workers deliver no-confidence vote to Yudof

The top brass at the University of California say it’s “nothing more than a publicity stunt” and a “tantrum” – and they might be right.

But when labor unions representing about 70,000 UC employees said Thursday that 96 percent of staff and faculty at all 10 campuses had signed a vote of no confidence in UC President Mark Yudof, the message was clear: Employees at the public university are angry.

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Montgomery College Trustees Oust Its President

Posted on September 7, 2009 by | Comments Off on Montgomery College Trustees Oust Its President

Inside Higher Ed: Montgomery College Trustees Oust Its President

The Board of Trustees at Montgomery College voted late Thursday to end the presidency of Brian K. Johnson, amid faculty discontent over his alleged misspending and reports that he faces prison time in Arizona for non-payment of child support. The faculty at the two-year institution in Washington’s Maryland suburbs voted no confidence in Johnson last week, citing evidence they’d accumulated that he had spent tens of thousands of dollars on questionable expenses. And Thursday, The Washington Times reported that police officers in Arizona have a warrant out for his arrest that would land him in jail if he returned to the state. In a statement, the chairman of the college’s board said it had decided not to renew Johnson’s contract and had placed him on administrative leave immediately. Johnson came to Montgomery College from the Community College of Allegheny County just two years ago.

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Montgomery College, in Maryland, Puts President on Leave for Rest of His Term

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The Chronicle: Montgomery College, in Maryland, Puts President on Leave for Rest of His Term
Maryland’s Montgomery College Puts President on Leave

Brian K. Johnson, president of Montgomery College, has been placed on administrative leave with pay, the chairman of the Maryland institution’s Board of Trustees said after emerging from a four-hour closed-door meeting of the board on Thursday night.

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Faculty Members at 2-Year College in Md. Vote No Confidence in President

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The Chronicle: Faculty Members at 2-Year College in Md. Vote No Confidence in President

Professors at Montgomery College voted no confidence late Thursday in Brian K. Johnson, president of the prominent Maryland community college since 2007. About half the college’s full-time faculty members overwhelmingly passed a resolution criticizing Mr. Johnson’s leadership and alleging that he has consistently skipped important meetings and events.

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Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

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The Chronicle News Blog: Cal State Faculty Approves Furlough but Votes No Confidence in Chancellor

The main faculty union at California State University today narrowly approved an unpaid furlough of two days per month, avoiding a new round of layoffs of thousands of part-time faculty members and cementing the system’s plan to close a $584-million budget deficit.

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How to Fire Your President: Voting ‘No Confidence’ With Confidence

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The Chronicle: How to Fire Your President: Voting ‘No Confidence’ With Confidence

College faculties often use votes of “no confidence” to try to push out the leader of their institutions. Many do so, however, without giving much thought to what such a vote actually means, whether they are using it appropriately, or how it will affect their institution—and their own future.

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California: Humboldt State faculty wants to oust president

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Mercury News: Humboldt State faculty wants to oust president

ARCATA, Calif.—The faculty of Humboldt State University is calling on its president to step down over his decision to appoint a top administrator without conducting a national search.

By a 128-4 margin, the university’s General Faculty Association cast a vote of no confidence against President Rollin Richmond on Tuesday night, citing “a pattern of failed leadership.”

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Kentucky: More ‘No Confidence’ Votes in Board That Killed Tenure

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Inside Higher Ed: More ‘No Confidence’ Votes in Board That Killed Tenure

A handful of faculty and staff boards have passed votes of “no confidence” in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s Board of Regents following its controversial decision last month to eliminate tenure for all new faculty hires. April 16, the Executive Council of Kentucky Community College Faculty and Staff Alliance (KCCFSA) – a labor group associated with the American Federation of Teachers – unanimously censured the board. The next day, four faculty councils overwhelmingly passed “no confidence” votes in the Michael B. McCall, system president, and the regents. These votes took place at Mayville, Elizabethtown, Hopkinsville and Bluegrass Community Colleges. These votes follow a vote two weeks ago by the faculty of Southeast Kentucky Community College. Now, 5 of the system’s 16 colleges have passed “no confidence” resolutions. Faculty advocates say votes at even more institutions are planned for this Friday. Barbara Ashley, KCCFSA executive director, said these resolutions mark the first time since the founding of the Kentucky system that any votes of “no confidence” have been taken against the governing board or a system administrator. McCall and the regents have offered no response to these recent votes.

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Kentucky: Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Board That Abolished Tenure

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Inside Higher Ed: Vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Board That Abolished Tenure

On Friday, the faculty at Southeast Kentucky Community College passed a motion of “no confidence” in the president and Board of Regents of the Kentucky Community and Technical College system by a vote of 68 to 30. The motion cites the board’s recent decision to abolish tenure and retirement health benefits for all new employees hired after July 1. Southeast faculty behind the vote indicated that they expect many more faculty groups at the system’s 16 colleges to hold similar votes in the coming weeks. Richard Bean, chair of the Board of Regents, said the system leadership is “always listening” but did say he was “disappointed” in the college’s vote: “The board has listened for two years, and we had a very clear vote that we wanted to have the ability to meet the needs of Kentucky’s students. We wish [the faculty who voted ‘no confidence’] were as concerned about the students and population of the Commonwealth as [is the board]. We’re sorry that they don’t want the system to be agile enough to provide the type of education we want to provide and for the topics that need to be given at any given time.”

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Following the Money in New Mexico

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Inside Higher Ed: Following the Money in New Mexico

At the University of New Mexico, the salary budget for upper administrators and associated professional positions, including directors, grew by 71 percent – in raw numbers an increase of more than $4 million – from 2002 to 2008. Compensation just for those positions above the level of dean (i.e. associate vice presidents and above) grew 42.1 percent between 2002 and 2007, and another 12.3 percent by 2008.

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Chicago State University: Faculty, students criticize 2 finalists for president as political insiders

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Chicago Tribune: Chicago State University: Faculty, students criticize 2 finalists for president as political insiders

Disappointed staff, students call them political insiders

When Chicago State University President Elnora Daniel stepped down last year, faculty and students hoped a new president would bring a fresh start to the troubled university.

Instead many on the South Side campus are criticizing the two finalists as political insiders: Wayne Watson, chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Carol Adams, secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. Some students plan to wear black in protest when the finalists visit the campus for meetings this month.

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