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“What this likely means is taking (authority) out of the hands of experts, those who teach the classes, those who have their hands on the pulse,” one professor said.
It’s a move that administrators say would make the university more “nimble,” and streamline the decision-making process. But faculty members say it could ultimately take power away from them.
Linda Blackford: The long-simmering tension between faculty and administration at UK erupted into open warfare after Board of Trustees introduced plans to streamline University Senate.
University of Kentucky president Eli Capilouto was praised for growing the university’s enrollment and graduation rates, and expanding health care among other accomplishments.