Hundreds of Indiana University Blomington faculty members vote 'no confidence' in President Pamela Whitten and other leaders

Brian Rosenzweig, Indiana University and General Assignment Reporter, (Bloomington) Herald-Times

Thursday, April 18, 2024 9:47 AM

Members of the Indiana University Bloomington faculty overwhelmingly voted “no-confidence” in President Pamela Whitten, Provost Rahul Shrivastav and Carrie Docherty, vice provost for faculty and academic affairs Tuesday evening.

In attendance were 948 faculty members for the vote at the IU Auditorium, well over the threshold needed to reach quorum, at 800. As a result, the attending votes were considered the formal “opinion of the faculty.” The total number of eligible faculty to vote at the special meeting was 3,276, meaning less than 30% of eligible faculty participated in the vote.

There were 827 faculty members who voted in favor of the no-confidence motion against Whitten (93%), while 29 voted against and 32 abstained.

For Shrivastav, 879 voted in favor of the no-confidence motion (91%), while 47 voted against and 28 abstained.

Docherty received 672 votes of no-confidence (75%), while 107 voted against and 116 abstained.

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