Rebuke of Chancellor Charles B. Reed

AS-2446-99/Committee of the Whole - March 11-12, 1999

WHEREAS, An effective working relationship between a faculty and an administration must rest on mutual respect, and

WHEREAS, The Chancellor has publicly disparaged the faculty of the CSU, most recently at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo on March 7, 1999, and

WHEREAS, On March 12, 1999, at a meeting of the Academic Senate of the California State University, Chancellor Charles B. Reed apologized to the CSU faculty for his earlier statements; therefore be it

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate of the California State University condemn Chancellor Charles B. Reed's disparaging comments about the faculty, and repudiate all their implications; and be it further

RESOLVED: That the Academic Senate CSU call upon Chancellor Charles B. Reed to conduct himself in accord with the model of collegiality and mutual respect presented in "Collegiality in the California State University System" (AS-1529-84/FA, approved March 7-8, 1985) and adopted by the CSU Board of Trustees on September 18, 1985.

APPROVED – March 11-12, 1999