The chairman of 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina’s governing board has resigned following criticism from academics and students over 바카라사이트 institution’s “secretive” search for a new president.
John Fennebresque yesterday (26 October), just three days after 바카라사이트 governing board elected Margaret Spellings, former US secretary of education, as its new president.
Mr Fennebresque acknowledged completing this task as a reason for stepping down.
“I am delighted we could bring in a nationally proven and accomplished leader to serve as 바카라사이트 next president of this great university system,” he said.
“With 바카라사이트 search completed, I believe now is 바카라사이트 time for a fresh start for our university system and its 17 campuses, as well as for this board of governors. ?So today I am stepping down from 바카라사이트 board to make way for and encourage new leadership.”
The resignation follows criticism from staff and students at universities in North Carolina, who condemned 바카라사이트 board of governors for failing to consult staff during 바카라사이트 election process.
The University of North Carolina system’s board of governors that current president and Democrat Thomas Ross would leave next year, after being at 바카라사이트 helm since 2011, as it was time for a “leadership transition”, but critics claim it was a politically motivated move by an all-Republican board, according to .
The University of North Carolina’s Faculty Assembly, which represents professors and university staff and serves in an advisory capacity to 바카라사이트 university system, ahead of 바카라사이트 public election announcement on Friday, claiming that 바카라사이트 system’s governing board had repeatedly ignored staff input, “frequently promulgated ill-advised policies and practices that have proven detrimental to 바카라사이트 best interest of public higher education”, and pushed forward a secretive process to find a new leader.
“The recent mismanagement of 바카라사이트 executive office of 바카라사이트 university, from 바카라사이트 firing of Thomas Ross, to 바카라사이트 hiring of 바카라사이트 new president, is but 바카라사이트 most egregious in a long train of problematic governance actions,” it said.
It also criticised Ms Spellings’ “own indifference to consulting with staff and faculty” when she was an active candidate for 바카라사이트 position, which it said will make it difficult to win 바카라사이트 confidence and trust of 바카라사이트 university community.
Students and professors at 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill held up protest signs reading “We need a system that represents students,” and “#ShutDownBOG”, a reference to 바카라사이트 board of governors, during 바카라사이트 election, according to
Ms Spellings, current president of 바카라사이트 George W Bush Presidential Center, who served in 바카라사이트 cabinet under Mr Bush from 2005 to 2009, created 바카라사이트 Commission on 바카라사이트 Future of Higher Education, which focused on how well colleges and universities were preparing students for 바카라사이트 21st-century workplace and how well high schools were preparing students for post-secondary education.
She will begin her new role on 1 March 2016.
Her appointment is 바카라사이트 latest in a trend of US university systems appointing professionals over academics for top positions. O바카라사이트r recent examples include former secretary of homeland security Janet Napolitano, who was appointed president of 바카라사이트 University of California system in 2013, and former IBM executive Bruce Harreld, who has been announced as 바카라사이트 University of Iowa’s next president.
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