By a vote of 45 to 15 (with 4 abstentions) APSCUF-KU Representative Council has authorized a vote of no confidence in President Cevallos.
Over the next two weeks APSCUF-KU will hold several faculty meetings to discuss the bill of particulars in even more detail. Links to the bill of particulars and other supporting documents can be found on the right-hand sidebar and the APSCUF-KU web site.
Further details about the voting dates and upcoming meetings will be posted here as soon as they become available.
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8 comments:
I am very happy that the Representative Council has approved the vote.
It is time for KU to embrace new leadership before things get worse; hopefully Cevallos will understand that he needs to leave, along with his administrative staff, so KU can finally grow into the fine institution that it needs to be!
I think that the Representative Council has done the right thing.
I hope we can use this as a way to open a dialogue with the Administration so we can work together to make KU the best it can be.
A vote for no confidence does not mean a vote to drive Dr. Cevallos out - - I view it as a cry to get the administration to work WITH the faculty not AGAINST the faculty.
Yes.
Well done Rep Council.
The KU community
deserves better than
an administration that too often seems to be
the higher-ed equivalent of a health care management style
that sees
murder by spreadsheet
as the hight of sophistication.
Nice job rep council! You made me proud today. After reading all those faculty emails by a couple of our colleagues saying that they were happy with what was happening at KU and that "all the other faculty they talk with" say they do not support the executive committee's actions, I began to doubt my own experience.
I was thinking "maybe it was just me, or the few people I see on a daily basis that see the problems." But the people I talked to seemed to notice the same problems I did. I wasn't sure how many other faculty felt the same way...and to hear a couple faculty in particular continuously talk about how "disappointed" they were...well, let me just say that the vote speaks volumes to me. It confirms what I think most of us know and experience everyday...we need a change of direction.
Thanks again Rep Council for representing ALL the faculty not just a small niche of people. I support you!
Didn't you guys just get a raise? Maybe the school could do more if they didn't have to pay big salaries.
I think that university presidents do what they have to. So instead of toeing the union line, have a little bit of understanding knowing that he is thinking about the whole school and its programming.
Go back to class and stop poisoning the wells.
Don't you just love it when people say "love it, or leave it?" Or, in this case, "shut up and teach?" What happened to that America where people who see problems, stand up and fight for positive change? Just about every major advance in our country was brought about by everyday people standing up against injustice.
Just think if we accepted this logic back in 1776: "Shut up and pay your taxes to the King?" We've come a long way baby--for sure. Or, "shut up an get back in the kitchen women...you don't have the right to vote." Or, "shut up and sit in the back of the bus." None of this is acceptable. That's the beauty of living in America. We have the right to assemble, the right to free speech, and most of all, the right (and obligation) to change what is wrong.
Sorry, but I don't believe in running for cover and pretending things are OK. I don't think turning your back on problems leads to progress. And instead of simply "leaving" (shirking my responsibilities), I work for positive change.
As for the money issue...I just don't understand the point. Faculty will not receive any money for this. There is not one item the union has raised that has to do with salaries. I suppose faculty would benefit by being able to deliver higher-quality education. Or, having adequate office space to meet with students for conferences. Or, making sure at-risk students have the services they need to succeed. Or, having offices that are safe and healthy. Hmmm. Yeah, sounds real greedy.
You're nothing but a bunch of spoiled whiners. Check out what REAL office problems are at this web site. http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/11/gallery_saddest_cubicle
You don't have a clue as to how good you really have it here, most of you never EVER leaving once you get here (geez, but it is such a HORRID place to work!), and you never will know until you've soiled your own nest. Unions...professionals....yea, right.
Interesting that almost NOTHING that APSCUF brings up has anything to do with students except as a smoke screen to their own selfish interests.
perhaps a bit of wisdom from others who have faced similar circumstances.
"As a professor emerita of Sonoma State University and a former Chair of the Faculty, I have watched from the sidelines the unfolding of current controversy on campus and the no confidence vote in progress. I have deliberately not contributed to conversations on campus because
of my firm belief that the workings of the university now are for the university's present and future (of which I am not a part) and not the past (of which I am). I am compelled at this time, however, to speak not about my beliefs and opinions about confidence or no confidence in
President Arminana, but rather about the vote itself.
A no confidence vote is a parliamentary procedure intended as the initial step in the removal of a head of state/organization/body. It is always an ultimate action rather than a preliminary or continuing one; therefore, a no
confidence vote is not part of a dialogue, not a "wake-up call," not a conversation, not a clearing of the air. It is almost always a negative action that diminishes-and often eliminates-the possibility of rapprochement. It is the final fracture between a body and its head. The decision to vote no confidence is thus a weighty one; I urge all faculty to consider carefully the full ramifications of no confidence votes before casting their ballots.
Marty Ruddell
Faculty Emerita
School of Education"
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