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As the Board of Trustees conduct its regular review of University President Thomas LeBlanc, some faculty doubt that LeBlanc will be able to rebuild trust with the community.
Faculty said University President Thomas LeBlanc may not be able to salvage relationships with the GW community on the heels of a year marked by ongoing tensions between the two and calls for LeBlanc to resign.
Tensions between LeBlanc and faculty members have been escalating since last February but have heightened this past year as various student groups, faculty and alumni launched petitions and statements criticizing his performance and calling for his resignation. Now, as the Board of Trustees works to conduct its standard review of LeBlanc – which they last conducted in spring 2019 – half a dozen faculty members said relations with the administration may have “passed the point of no return,” as they continue to await
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Undergraduate tuition will increase by no more than 3 percent next year, while graduate tuition will change based on program, trustees said.
News By Zach Schonfeld Feb 8, 2021 12:05 AM
Updated: Feb. 10, 2020 at 11:29 p.m.
Trustees said they will decide on next year’s cost of attendance in the coming weeks, a delay from the typical approval at the Board of Trustees’ February meeting, as a result of financial uncertainty brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Board approved a recommendation Friday to increase the cost of attendance by no more than 3 percent for undergraduates next year but did not vote on an exact pricing model. The Board also approved the graduate program pricing model for next academic year, with an average cost increase of 2.8 percent.
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The Faculty Assembly, a body open to all faculty members with full-time faculty as voting members, voted 152-25 last month to launch the survey.
A group of faculty senators charged with overseeing a faculty-wide survey of University President Thomas LeBlanc said they have already received hundreds of responses since its distribution earlier this month.
Senators Susan Kulp, Jamie Cohen-Cole, Shaista Khilji and executive committee chair Arthur Wilson said in a release that 365 faculty have completed the survey as of Monday. The survey will be open until at least Jan. 11 and was developed based on leadership surveys, Association of Governing Boards guidelines and LeBlanc’s job description, the release states.