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University Council votes to have greater say in hiring provost
Adams may veto decision
BRITTANY COFER
Issue date: 3/20/09 Section: News
As the search for a new provost continues, University Council members voted to give the Council a larger say in the hiring decision, but the move was met with hesitation by University President Michael Adams.
Adams told the Council Thursday he will have to give the vote "some pretty significant thought" about whether he should veto an item giving the Council more say in the decision.
"Let me say to you in a spirit of candor, that I think [that decision is] very ill-advised," Adams told the Council. "And I think it will substantially detract from the number of people in the pool that will meet those kinds of requirements."
When the floor was opened for new business, one council member asked for an item to be put on the agenda that would further the requirements of the provost selection process to include more input from the University Council. The new item, approved by a majority of the Council, has four requirements for the provost selection process:
• At each University Council meeting, beginning April 23 and continuing until the provost position is filled, the chair of the provost search committee will provide an updated report of the provost search. Questions and discussion will take place after the report and any identifying details of the applicant may be left out if necessary, for the sake of anonymity.
• The search committee will draw a short list of finalists and announce them to the University Council.
• Finalists will make a short presentation in front of University Council. Special meetings will be scheduled if necessary.
• University Council will vote on a final candidate. The vote will be recorded and placed under advisement of the provost search committee.
Before the vote, Adams outlined the process of selecting a new provost, saying he hoped for the process to be similar to the previous two selections.
A committee will find three to five candidates for the position, who will be brought to campus for full interviews. The interview process will include meetings with faculty leadership, open forums for all faculty, staff and students, meetings with deans, president, student leaders and University Council leadership.
Adams told the Council Thursday he will have to give the vote "some pretty significant thought" about whether he should veto an item giving the Council more say in the decision.
"Let me say to you in a spirit of candor, that I think [that decision is] very ill-advised," Adams told the Council. "And I think it will substantially detract from the number of people in the pool that will meet those kinds of requirements."
When the floor was opened for new business, one council member asked for an item to be put on the agenda that would further the requirements of the provost selection process to include more input from the University Council. The new item, approved by a majority of the Council, has four requirements for the provost selection process:
• At each University Council meeting, beginning April 23 and continuing until the provost position is filled, the chair of the provost search committee will provide an updated report of the provost search. Questions and discussion will take place after the report and any identifying details of the applicant may be left out if necessary, for the sake of anonymity.
• The search committee will draw a short list of finalists and announce them to the University Council.
• Finalists will make a short presentation in front of University Council. Special meetings will be scheduled if necessary.
• University Council will vote on a final candidate. The vote will be recorded and placed under advisement of the provost search committee.
Before the vote, Adams outlined the process of selecting a new provost, saying he hoped for the process to be similar to the previous two selections.
A committee will find three to five candidates for the position, who will be brought to campus for full interviews. The interview process will include meetings with faculty leadership, open forums for all faculty, staff and students, meetings with deans, president, student leaders and University Council leadership.
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anon
posted 3/20/09 @ 8:48 AM EST
Undergraduate students make up roughly 30,000 of the 50,000 or so faculty, staff and students on this campus. Yet they are only represented by 1 of the 20 members on the committee. (Continued…)
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