The Faculty Senate at Haskell Indian Nations University, a tribal college in Kansas, unanimously voted they have no confidence in a second administrator last week, following a previous no-confidence vote for the university’s president in early April, the Lawrence Journal-World reported. The Senate raised several issues with Melanie Daniel, vice president of academics,
A sign at the entrance to Haskell Indian Nations University is shown Friday, Aug. 5, 2016.
The Faculty Senate at Haskell Indian Nations University declared on Friday that it had no confidence in the university’s vice president of academics, Melanie Daniel.
Criticisms of the vice president’s leadership included a lack of confidence in Daniel’s engagement with shared governance, collegial culture of academic integrity and transparent communication.
The decision came just weeks after Haskell’s Faculty Senate unanimously declared it had no confidence in the university president, Ronald Graham.
Daniel did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Journal-World regarding the vote of no confidence and the criticisms of her leadership. The vote was unanimous, with 15 people voting “yes” to the resolution and no one voting “no” or abstaining from the vote.