In an unusual move, faculty leaders at Chicago State University have asked the governor of Illinois to oust the university’s entire Board of Trustees, the Chicago Tribune reported today. The Faculty Senate’s unanimous vote yesterday included a plea to halt Chicago State’s presidential search, which is set to conclude next week.
The two finalists who have emerged in the search are Wayne D. Watson, the departing chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, and Carol L. Adams, secretary of the Illinois Department of Human Services. But some students and faculty members have protested the search, calling the finalists unqualified political insiders who have been controversial in their current posts.
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