BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
Indiana University’s faculty council will hold an unusual meeting next week to discuss concerns about IU President Adam Herbert’s decision to reopen the search for candidates for a key university post.
Some faculty members are upset by Herbert’s decision to reopen the search for a person to become chancellor of the Bloomington campus. In particular, some are angry that Dr. Kumble Subbaswamy, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, was passed over for that post.
In response to a petition about those concerns, the Bloomington Faculty Council set a meeting for Nov. 15 at the IU Auditorium.
Fred Cate, a law professor who was chairman of an unofficial faculty gathering last week on the matter, said the new meeting’s agenda might include a resolution urging the IU trustees to review Herbert’s performance as president.
Another resolution could ask that Herbert appoint Subbaswamy as chancellor at IU’s 38,000-student main campus and that the chancellor-vice president for academic affairs position be split into two posts.
Last Friday, the trustees unanimously approved a resolution backing Herbert’s decision to reopen the search for a new chancellor. It stated that Herbert and the search committee should complete the search as early as January.
