Post by Logan on Apr 30, 2016 11:34:07 GMT -6
A tumultuous academic year is drawing to a close with faculty at more than half the state's public universities contemplating drastic votes of no confidence in University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross and the governing Board of Regents.
The Faculty Senate at UW-Madison will consider a symbolic no-confidence resolution Monday, and discussion on a similar resolution is expected at UW-Milwaukee the week of May 9. Faculty on campuses in Green Bay, Eau Claire, River Falls, Superior and Whitewater also are considering voicing dissatisfaction with UW System leaders' advocacy efforts on behalf of campuses, as well as their hopes for change.
"If Madison passes it, I think there will be a tidal wave of others," said Rachel Ida Buff, an associate professor of history at UW-Milwaukee. "There has to be a pushback against austerity, and I would like to see Ray Cross lead it. I would hope he hears us in a way he hasn't before."
UW-Madison's Faculty Senate — 220 senators representing more than 2,200 faculty — ultimately may take a step back from voting no confidence.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/education/no-confidence-measure-punctuates-tumultuous-year-for-uw-b99715744z1-377646631.html
The Faculty Senate at UW-Madison will consider a symbolic no-confidence resolution Monday, and discussion on a similar resolution is expected at UW-Milwaukee the week of May 9. Faculty on campuses in Green Bay, Eau Claire, River Falls, Superior and Whitewater also are considering voicing dissatisfaction with UW System leaders' advocacy efforts on behalf of campuses, as well as their hopes for change.
"If Madison passes it, I think there will be a tidal wave of others," said Rachel Ida Buff, an associate professor of history at UW-Milwaukee. "There has to be a pushback against austerity, and I would like to see Ray Cross lead it. I would hope he hears us in a way he hasn't before."
UW-Madison's Faculty Senate — 220 senators representing more than 2,200 faculty — ultimately may take a step back from voting no confidence.
Read more: www.jsonline.com/news/education/no-confidence-measure-punctuates-tumultuous-year-for-uw-b99715744z1-377646631.html