Rutgers president faces threat of a no-confidence vote

WNYC News | Sep 21, 2023

Members of the Rutgers University Senate are considering a vote of no confidence against school President Jonathan Holloway.

A draft of the Senate’s resolution obtained by Gothamist accuses Holloway of “disdain for the diverse community of students, staff and faculty across all Rutgers campuses.” It says he’s dismissed a tradition of shared governance with the Senate, a mostly advisory body of faculty, staff and students.

Most at issue: How Holloway handled the recent faculty strike, and decisions about merging medical schools and declining to renew a Newark chancellor's contract. Members of the Senate say that was over their objections, and that Holloway is dismissing a tradition of shared governance. 

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