In the dead of winter, the Faculty Senate at California State University, Chico passed a resolution expressing a lack of trust in the campus president and its leadership.
The Faculty complained about a lack of shared governance and the diminished role of Academic Affairs in the campus mission.
The Faculty complained about a lack of shared governance and the diminished role of Academic Affairs in the campus mission.
Before the vote, from the Chico Enterprise-Record: Zingg, others fire back at no-confidence proposal in front of Chico State’s Academic Senate
FURTHER READING:
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight
The book: The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance: Professionalization and the Modern American University by Larry G. Gerber.
Also: The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University by Ellen Schrecker.
FURTHER READING:
From the Chronicle of Higher Education: New book argues that shared governance is under threat, along with future of American higher education, and professors must take up the fight
The book: The Rise and Decline of Faculty Governance: Professionalization and the Modern American University by Larry G. Gerber.
Also: The Lost Soul of Higher Education: Corporatization, the Assault on Academic Freedom, and the End of the American University by Ellen Schrecker.
