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Students, staff react to University of Arizona President Robbins stepping down

Robert Robbins to depart Arizona amid deep financial woes

U of A 'morale is terrible,' Faculty Senate chair says

The mood was grim in a faculty meeting 24 hours before University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins announced he will step down at the end of his contract.

U of A President Robert C. Robbins stepping down

If the Arizona Board of Regents picks a new UA president to start sooner, Robbins says he will step aside even sooner than the end of his term in June

Arizona GOP bill would stifle faculty power in governance

The legislation, nearing passage, would bolster the power of presidents and regents while reducing faculty members to merely “consulting” on governing, academic and personnel decisions. Arizona lawmakers are close to passing a Republican bill that would downgrade faculty members’ role in shared governance of public universities while bolstering the clout of presidents and state regents. Currently under Arizona law, the faculty “shall participate in” or “share responsibility for” governing, academic and personnel decisions. Under the new bill, professors could only “consult with” university leaders on such decisions.