Baylor faculty senate nixes President Lilley’s tenure decisions … so is Lilley history?
Tim Woods of the Waco Herald Tribune dropped another bombshell when he revealed yesterday,
Baylor University’s faculty senate Tuesday passed a “failure of shared governance” resolution sharply critical of the administrative style of President John Lilley.
The action came during a meeting lasting three hours and 45 minutes, after which senate chairman Matt Cordon said faculty morale has been low for months. The senate voted 29-0 in favor of the resolution, with two members abstaining. (May 7, 2008)
Denial of tenure to profs supported by their departments was a top grievance:
This spring, 12 of 30 professors eligible for tenure were denied by Lilley and Provost Randall O’Brien. The pair cited as a reason substandard research when viewed “through the lens of (Baylor) 2012,” O’Brien has said.
Baylor faculty claim tenure guidelines were changed after their tenure notebooks were filed.
The vote was 29-0, with two abstentions. So not one of the 31 senate members supports the administration.
One way of looking at it: The worst Lilley can do is convert two abstentions to nays. Can’t get worse.
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