No confidence: that’s the result of a preliminary voice vote the Western Michigan University faculty union held today on university provost Tim Greene. The vote will continue until Monday afternoon while the union gathers electronic ballots from members.
The union has vigorously protested the provost’s recent decision not to reappoint Alex Enyedi as dean of the college of arts and sciences. But Greene sent a letter to faculty this week saying that he would not change his mind.
Among other reasons he cited what he said was Enyedi's "opposition to a leadership directive."
Greene also wrote that Western would appoint an interim dean to the department. Enyedi will be assigned other duties until his term ends this summer.
The faculty union’s vote does not obligate the university to change its decision.
