BLOOMINGTON, Ind.
Indiana University President Adam Herbert, a target of growing criticism by faculty members, defended his decision to reopen the search for the campus’ next chancellor, although he now wishes he had started the search sooner.
“In retrospect, I would probably have started this search earlier,” he said in an interview last week with The Herald-Times.
Many faculty members were angered earlier this month when Herbert reopened the chancellor search rather than appoint one of the candidates recommended by a search committee.
In response to those concerns, the Bloomington Faculty Council will hold a special meeting Nov. 15 on the matter. Many faculty members wanted Dr. Kumble Subbaswamy, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, to be named chancellor and university vice president for academic affairs.
Herbert, who has never confirmed that Subbaswamy was a candidate, says criticism goes with being a university president.
“These are lonely jobs,” he says. “They’re jobs that require these tough decisions.”
