CCRI Faculty Picket Following No Confidence Vote in President Hughes
Thursday, January 03, 2019
Members of the Community College of Rhode Island Faculty Association (CCRIFA) held an informational picket on the Warwick Knight Campus on Wednesday in protest of the college's "J-Term" -- and following a vote of no-confidence in December in CCRI President Meghan Hughes.
According to CCRIFA President Steve Murray, over 50 faculty members took part -- and plan to picket again next Wednesday.
CCRIFA Statement
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“Following the overwhelming vote of No Confidence in CCRI President Meghan Hughes and her administration earlier last month, the CCRI faculty are protesting the launch of the winter intercession (JTerm) at CCRI. This intercession – which will fail the very students it purports to serve – illustrates the greater failure of President Hughes’ leadership.
Not only was the intercession developed in rushed fashion without the input of the faculty, it was, in fact, created by President Hughes after rejecting the concerns of the faculty over the efficacy of the 12-day semester.
It is intuitive to nearly everyone that you cannot do in 12 days what is typically done in 15 weeks. But for President Hughes it is what looks good more than what is good.
It is a shame that when President Hughes eventually moves on – and eventually she will – she will have done a great disservice to the students of CCRI and to the institution itself.”
We will picket again next Wednesday, January 9th, beginning at 8:30 a.m.
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