Mark Welsh said that Texas A&M will stay the course on many controversial changes made by former President Kathy Banks. Professors welcomed Welsh’s commitment to faculty input moving forward.
Retired General Mark A. Welsh III, interim president of Texas A&M University, said Wednesday he would largely continue with many unpopular changes started under his predecessor, but he promised to closely monitor their implementation and gather feedback.Texas A&M University’s Interim President Mark Welsh III told faculty and staff in College Station on Wednesday that the university will largely stay the course on many unpopular organizational changes initiated by his predecessor.
Faculty and staff largely criticized the changes as poorly conceived and hastily executed, causing confusion among students and employees, and negatively affecting morale. Nearly all respondents raised concerns with how the reorganization made it harder to access teaching space and staff offices — some faculty members were relocated across campus to different departments or lost spaces where they used to gather with colleagues.
Some of his decisions included moving forward with the creation of a school of visual and performing arts and of a journalism program, which was in question after the failed hiring of journalism professor Kathleen McElroy. Welsh said that the vice president for faculty affairs would now be considered the vice provost for faculty affairs and would report to the provost.
Banks was largely criticized by faculty and staff for not involving them in the decision-making process and failing to communicate why certain changes were made.revealed Banks was intimately involved with the renegotiation of McElroy’s job offer, which was watered down amid concerns from university regents over McElroy’s diversity work in newsrooms and her perceived liberal leanings.
Welsh announced that while they would continue implementing the overhaul to the libraries, the university would add $3.3 million to the library system’s operating budget, including $2.4 million that was previously removed from the library budget, and add $990,000 for salary adjustments.
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