UE Faculty Senate passes resolution asking President to clarify realignment process
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WFIE) - Another development surrounding the University of Evansville’s proposed realignment plan.
The UE Faculty Senate passed a resolution Thursday, requesting President Christopher Pietruszkiewicz to clarify about how he plans to proceed with the realignment process.
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The resolution ends with faculty members asking the UE president to provide written responses to the following 12 questions:
- Why did the Senior Administrative Team publicly release an incomplete draft academic realignment plan that contains only proposed deletions and lacks any proposed additions?
- What is the timeline for the proposed investments in existing programs and additions of new programs?
- Who will make decisions regarding the proposed investments in existing programs and additions of new programs?
- Will these program additions follow the procedure for “Curriculum Changes” outlined on p.219 of the Faculty Manual?
- Will the faculty, the Senate or any committee thereof vote on the final complete academic realignment plan?
- Did the Senior Administrative Team complete a full institutional review before the release of the draft academic realignment plan?
- Why did the Senior Administrative Team not design its evaluation and decision-making processes to enable complete draft realignment plans for all areas to be released at the same time?
- What is the timeline for the construction of the institutional realignment plan?
- What criteria were used in the evaluations of the Administration and Athletics?
- Will any of the data used within the evaluations of the Administration and Athletics be released to the faculty or made public?
- How will the faculty be involved in the construction of the sections of the institutional realignment plan that relate to the Administration and Athletics?
- Will the faculty, the Senate or any committee thereof vote on the final complete institutional realignment plan?
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If approved, the president’s realignment plan would eliminate three departments, 17 majors and dozens of jobs.
President Pietruszkiewicz previously told 14 News that UE has been operating at a deficit for years, and he has a responsibility to keep the school in a position to stay open and move forward.
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