West Virginia University’s faculty has rejected a proposal that would have, on “equity” grounds, advanced professors doing diversity work while making it easier to fire tenured colleagues whose work is deemed subpar.
Professors voted 494-221 against the “equity minded” revisions to the school’s guidelines for faculty appointments, evaluations, promotions and tenure, Faculty Senate Chair W. Scott Wayne told colleagues in an email.
The associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering wrote Thursday night that he would meet with the provost’s office to “determine next steps.”
“The provost has expressed a desire to continue to work with faculty to move forward on revising the procedures,” Mr.