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Commentary: Purdue Senates govern Purdue’s curricula, not the Trustees
Lafayette Journal & Courier
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EDITOR S NOTE: The following is a commentary submitted to the Journal & Courier regarding the Purdue University Board of Trustees proposed adoption of a graduation requirement without Faculty Senates consent, according to the authors.
Many faculty at Purdue are critically worried about the decision of the Purdue Board of Trustees to do two things: 1) vote to adopt an undergraduate graduation requirement without consent of the University Senate; and 2) apply it system-wide without engaging faculty at the regional campuses.
That the graduation requirement is about civics literacy, when the Board is not following its own governance procedures, is a particularly vicious irony.
When Kentucky State begins classes for the 2021 fall semester, students will be on campus.
The KSU Board of Regents, in its quarterly meeting held virtually Thursday, heard a report from Dr. Lucian Yates III, interim provost and vice president of academic affairs.
âGiven the statistics in the state of Kentucky, and nationally for that matter, it looks like COVID is on its way out,â Yates told the boardâs academic affairs committee.
âNot completely, some things could happen over the summer, but we have to plan with the data that we have. We make the best decision that we can, right now, given the information that we have, and it looks like the best decision is to come back to school in the fall for our students.â