This is not starting out well:
A faculty assembly at the University of Iowa has approved a motion of censure against the incoming UI president for including inaccuracies on his resume during the recent search process.
Several faculty, student and staff groups on campus have issued "no confidence" votes or other complaints about the recent search president process overseen by the Iowa Board of Regents. Those censures, however, largely have stopped short of including Bruce Harreld directly in the criticism.
Harreld was selected unanimously by the regents Sept. 3 as UI's 21st president.
After meeting in closed session Wednesday afternoon, Faculty Assembly of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences unanimously approved a motion of censure against Harreld for failing to uphold "the highest ethical standards" and violating professional ethics by misrepresenting his recent work experience and publication history.
"I think the message is that values and ethics matter," said Bob McMurray, a professor of psychology and a member of the assembly that represents 700 faculty members in the college. "This is not a call for any action. This is not saying that we will not support President Harreld. ... But it is a statement that we expect people to behave with intellectual honesty."
On his resume, Harreld listed his most recent employment as managing principal of Executing Strategy, LLC, in Avon, Colo. During his Sept. 1 Tuesday’s public forum, Harreld noted that the listing had been a mistake. He used the name of a limited liability company that he had been using in Massachusetts but no longer needed now that his clients wanted to work with him to assume liability directly. He allowed that company to lapse.
“So that’s ‘Shame on me.' I too quickly pulled it out of my head and put it on the resume," he said. "There's no Colorado corporation. ... It’s me personally working.”
Harreld's resume also included 12 items in the section on publication history. Harreld did not note, however, that that most of those publications were co-authored.
The motion from the faculty assembly notes that the failure to list co-authors is in violation of the UI Operations Manual.
"I'd love to see the rest of the scholarly community join us," McMurray said. "This more of a statement from the faculty of the college that, while the regents have the right to do whatever they want, we are not going to abandon our values.
Harreld was one of four finalists to replace Sally Mason, who retired this summer after eight years as UI president. The other finalists include a college president and two university provosts. An online survey conducted by the UI chapter of the American Association of University Professors found that less than 3 percent of the participants considered Harreld qualified for the job.
Regent officials told the Associated Press that they had no comment on the censure, but shrugged off the criticism.
"We're not concerned about the resume," said Josh Lehman, the board's senior communications director.
Regent President Bruce Rastetter has said that Harreld was chosen because of his decades long experience in the 1980s and 1990s helping to turn around companies like Boston Chicken and IBM. Rastetter also was impressed with Harreld's six years experience teaching at Harvard Business School.
http://www.press-citizen.com/story/...-group-censures-harreld-over-ethics/72735828/
A faculty assembly at the University of Iowa has approved a motion of censure against the incoming UI president for including inaccuracies on his resume during the recent search process.
Several faculty, student and staff groups on campus have issued "no confidence" votes or other complaints about the recent search president process overseen by the Iowa Board of Regents. Those censures, however, largely have stopped short of including Bruce Harreld directly in the criticism.
Harreld was selected unanimously by the regents Sept. 3 as UI's 21st president.
After meeting in closed session Wednesday afternoon, Faculty Assembly of the UI College of Liberal Arts and Sciences unanimously approved a motion of censure against Harreld for failing to uphold "the highest ethical standards" and violating professional ethics by misrepresenting his recent work experience and publication history.
"I think the message is that values and ethics matter," said Bob McMurray, a professor of psychology and a member of the assembly that represents 700 faculty members in the college. "This is not a call for any action. This is not saying that we will not support President Harreld. ... But it is a statement that we expect people to behave with intellectual honesty."
On his resume, Harreld listed his most recent employment as managing principal of Executing Strategy, LLC, in Avon, Colo. During his Sept. 1 Tuesday’s public forum, Harreld noted that the listing had been a mistake. He used the name of a limited liability company that he had been using in Massachusetts but no longer needed now that his clients wanted to work with him to assume liability directly. He allowed that company to lapse.
“So that’s ‘Shame on me.' I too quickly pulled it out of my head and put it on the resume," he said. "There's no Colorado corporation. ... It’s me personally working.”
Harreld's resume also included 12 items in the section on publication history. Harreld did not note, however, that that most of those publications were co-authored.
The motion from the faculty assembly notes that the failure to list co-authors is in violation of the UI Operations Manual.
"I'd love to see the rest of the scholarly community join us," McMurray said. "This more of a statement from the faculty of the college that, while the regents have the right to do whatever they want, we are not going to abandon our values.
Harreld was one of four finalists to replace Sally Mason, who retired this summer after eight years as UI president. The other finalists include a college president and two university provosts. An online survey conducted by the UI chapter of the American Association of University Professors found that less than 3 percent of the participants considered Harreld qualified for the job.
Regent officials told the Associated Press that they had no comment on the censure, but shrugged off the criticism.
"We're not concerned about the resume," said Josh Lehman, the board's senior communications director.
Regent President Bruce Rastetter has said that Harreld was chosen because of his decades long experience in the 1980s and 1990s helping to turn around companies like Boston Chicken and IBM. Rastetter also was impressed with Harreld's six years experience teaching at Harvard Business School.
http://www.press-citizen.com/story/...-group-censures-harreld-over-ethics/72735828/
