93% of the Indiana University faculty in Bloomington have cast a “no-confidence” vote in President Pamela Whitten.
They also voted “no-confidence” in Provost Rahul Shrivastav and vice provost for faculty and academic affairs Carrie Docherty.
The vote was called for in a petition by over 200 faculty members in late March centering around the administration “encroaching” on academic freedom and shared governance.
Whitten issued a statement that says higher education is facing a “challenging societal moment” and decisions need to be made to keep IU as an elite research university.
