University of Kansas faculty governance leaders are frustrated with a proposal from administration for a second Integrated Sciences Building that would cost nearly $200 million to construct.
Members of Faculty and University Senate told the University Daily Kansan they did not know about a plan for ISB 2 prior to the publication of the Kansan article. The news about ISB 2, coupled with reports of a $30 million Adams Alumni Center remodel â which is being paid for by private funds â left faculty calling for more transparency from the universityâs administration.
âThese major capital intensive projects â doesnât really matter how the university suggests theyâre going to be funded â it looks bad and people feel hurt, and people are expressing greater mistrust still of the universityâs claim about an inability to do things like provide competitive salaries to faculty and needing to dismiss high profile staff members in the DEI [Diversity, Equity and Inclusion] space,â said Faculty Senate President Lua Yuille in an interview with the Kansan. âAll of that becomes more suspicious when big capital intensive projects are announced, particularly with no warning to faculty leaders.â