WIU Faculty Senate discuss layoffs, academic culture changes - Christopher Ginn, McDonough County Voice

Interim Provost Neumann was asked if there was a reason for the apparent lack of transparency concerning the criteria used to layoff particular long-serving faculty and tenured faculty. She said, “I am happy to write a presentation at some point to address some of the items that you have bought up. Part of the purpose of giving every person the opportunity to meet is to share what roles they can play. So, I mean, that’s part of the expected outcomes of the meetings with each particular faculty member.” “But that’s after having laid them off,” Perabo responded. “That’s not prior to having to made those layoff decisions.” Neumann expanded her answer saying the meetings with particular faculty members who have been notified of their layoffs are “in part exploratory meetings to help tease out some of that information about what other areas may be able to contribute to.“ http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20180830/faculty-senate-discuss-layoffs-academic-culture-changes