Resolution on White, Herman Replaced on UI Senate Agenda

In a late turn of events, University of Illinois Academic Senate members will not be asked if President Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman should step down.

Instead, executive committee members have replaced the proposed resolution with a new one. It leaves the decision on White and Herman up to the new Board of Trustees. The resolution still says the recent admissions crisis damaged the U of I's reputation and says simple reforms to admissions policies won't undo that damage.

But in an email to other Senate members issued late Sunday night, executive committee chair Joyce Tolliver says talks between Senate leaders and new Trustees chair Chris Kennedy on Friday led to the change - in the email, Tolliver says there's promise of a more richly collaborative relationship with the new board.

The resolution will be up for discussion at the full Senate's meeting Monday afternoon at the Levis Faculty Center.