Yale Corporation failed to discuss faculty concerns

August 29, 2019

The Yale Daily News (YDN) reported that at the Yale Corporation meeting in June, trustees reviewed and discussed the University’s academic, administrative and financial priorities, such as the University Science Strategy Committee’s recommendation to start a neuroscience institute. But missing from the group’s discussion was the resolution of concern that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences published in May, when FAS senators voiced “deep concerns” about faculty members’ lack of input in major University decisions. The Corporation has yet to address those concerns and, according to the University President Peter Salovey, “no other response is planned” for the resolution. Still, Senate representatives meet with trustee faculty liaisons from time to time, and the resolution “may arise when they next meet,” Salovey explained. Click here to read full article.