The Boston Globe reports:
A committee evaluating UMass Amherst chancellor Robert Holub is recommending that his contract not be renewed following a series of missteps that critics say reflect a politically tone deaf leadership style, the latest example being a thwarted plan to open a medical school in Springfield, according to several people connected with the university who have direct knowledge of the situation.
There's more:
One of the most troubling findings for some members of the evaluation committee was Holub’s seemingly cavalier attitude toward the goal of increasing diversity on campus, said two people who know about the results.
The number of African-American undergraduates enrolled at the flagship campus has dropped 24 percent during his tenure, a concern among system officials that did not appear to alarm Holub, they said. Instead, they said, he responded to the committee’s concerns by pointing out the increase in minority students overall, including a 33 percent jump in Latino students, but did not articulate a plan for recruitment of black students.
Is it even legal for an American educational institution that takes federal funds to have a specific outreach for people based on skin color???
