Chico State provost avoids no-confidence vote, tensions persist

Chico State provost avoids no-confidence vote, tensions persist

CHICO — After months of tension over Chico State Provost Leslie Cornick’s Reimagining Academic Affairs initiative, the Academic Senate discussed but did not go ahead with a no-confidence vote against her during its final meeting of the semester. “I’ve tried to listen and be responsive, and I’ve tried to engage with honesty,” Cornick said during the Thursday meeting. “We have two paths open to us. We can draw lines in the sand and win divisive rh…

Provost Leslie Cornick avoids vote of no confidence in the Academic Senate

Provost Leslie Cornick avoided a resolution for a vote of no confidence at the last Academic Senate meeting Thursday. While the senators discussed the feedback from their constituents, none of the senators moved forward with a motion to change the resolution from a discussion item to an action item, which would have forced a vote to take place.  A vote of no confidence would be presented as a sign from faculty, staff and students that they have …