Post by Logan on Jul 6, 2016 4:06:26 GMT -6
University of Iowa sees another increase in faculty resignations
IOWA CITY — After last year’s 36 percent increase in faculty resignations, the University of Iowa saw even more members depart in the most recently completed fiscal year, in part due to “intense competition for the best and brightest.”
The 100 faculty resignations during the 2016 budget year is up 11 percent from last year and 52 percent from the 2014 budget year, marking the highest faculty resignation tally since at least 1987, according to Board of Regents records.
The resignations came during a year of significant change at the university, including in the presidential role with the departure of Sally Mason and the arrival of Bruce Harreld. The selection of Harreld, a former IBM businessman with no academic administrative experience, created unrest across the campus — with faculty and student leaders issuing votes of no-confidence in the Board of Regents.
The board came under fire for ignoring widespread disapproval of Harreld’s candidacy, and the American Association of University Professors sanctioned the university — aiming its criticism at the regents — for violating shared-governance values in hiring Harreld.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/university-of-iowa-sees-another-increase-in-faculty-resignations-20160705
IOWA CITY — After last year’s 36 percent increase in faculty resignations, the University of Iowa saw even more members depart in the most recently completed fiscal year, in part due to “intense competition for the best and brightest.”
The 100 faculty resignations during the 2016 budget year is up 11 percent from last year and 52 percent from the 2014 budget year, marking the highest faculty resignation tally since at least 1987, according to Board of Regents records.
The resignations came during a year of significant change at the university, including in the presidential role with the departure of Sally Mason and the arrival of Bruce Harreld. The selection of Harreld, a former IBM businessman with no academic administrative experience, created unrest across the campus — with faculty and student leaders issuing votes of no-confidence in the Board of Regents.
The board came under fire for ignoring widespread disapproval of Harreld’s candidacy, and the American Association of University Professors sanctioned the university — aiming its criticism at the regents — for violating shared-governance values in hiring Harreld.
Read more: www.thegazette.com/subject/news/education/higher-education/university-of-iowa-sees-another-increase-in-faculty-resignations-20160705