Resolution 79-80-21

Board of Trustees; Search Process; University President

The Faculty Senate endorses the following Resolution: The Faculty Senate is deeply concerned about the transfer of the presidential search process to a small group of trustees. This new arrangement does not appear to include active participation by elected representatives of the faculty, as well as those other constituencies, in the search deliberations; we therefore counsel the Trustees and the new Selection Committee that the faculty=s elected representatives should contribute to the screening of candidates, meet candidates in order to appraise them, ask and answer questions, and have the opportunity to convey evaluations and recommendations to the Selection Committee and the Board of Trustees. The Faculty would have little confidence in a presidential appointment which failed to incorporate active constituency participation and endorsement, especially by the faculty through its elected representative.

Resolution Number: 79-80-21

Author: Richard Davis

Date: February 20, 1980

Action Taken: Passed