As University of Colorado president departs, students call for a change in direction durangoherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from durangoherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
University of Colorado President Mark Kennedy
BOULDER, Colo. (KFGO) – The University of Colorado Board of Regents has approved a $1.3-million transition agreement with President Mark Kennedy that calls for the former UND President to leave his position.
The agreement was approved on an 8-1 vote after a virtual board meeting that was held in executive session.
The move comes several weeks after University of Colorado-Boulder faculty and students voted to censure Kennedy for his actions surrounding diversity. Kennedy was hired in 2019 after three years at the UND. Kennedy was scheduled to earn $850,000 this year and next.
Last week, Kennedy released a statement saying he had started discussions with the board of regents about an “orderly transition” from the post.
The next time University of Colorado officials complain of the institution’s financial woes, wanting more taxpayer assistance or a tuition and fee increase, remember how they manage money.
On Wednesday, the University of Colorado Board of Regents completed the irrational and self-serving termination of CU President Mark Kennedy. They don’t pretend to have any legitimate cause for this termination, basing it only on the censure of Kennedy by faculty members in Boulder who are just certain they know what rests in this man’s heart and mind. In their estimation, he is not wholeheartedly woke enough.
Mind-reading Boulder Faculty Assembly members voted 34-19 in April to admonish Kennedy for not making diversity, equity, and inclusion “a stand-alone pillar in his administration’s strategic plan.” The allegation is false. He presented a plan in 2020 in which one of four “pillars” is titled “Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, & Access.”
Students respond to CU System President Mark Kennedy s resignation chalkbeat.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from chalkbeat.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.