With all the mayhem going on in the A&M system about now, the Texas A&M faculty senate's vote of no confidence in McKinney would seem to be warranted; it's also a gutsy move. In the UT system, just questioning authority could be deadly to a career as the treatment of 3 UTMB faculty senate chairs has shown us. Let's see how these people fare under the A&M system. Please see "A&M Faculty Votes 'No Confidence' in Chancellor" in the Houston Chronicle. An excerpt:
"This is not to say that the chancellor is a bad person," Michael Benedik, a senator and biology professor, said in Wednesday's Bryan-College Station Eagle. "Take the words literally. Do we have confidence in him as a leader? ... I, for one, do not."
Professor Michael Benedik is a brave man. The Blogmeister will try to check in on him from time to time and see how he fares. Meanwhile, some UT faculty senates could take their lead from the A&M senate. Shared governance shouldn't be given up without a fight.
