After the University of Tennessee's official introduction of its new interim chancellor, Senate Faculty members held a meeting Monday afternoon to discuss the future structure of the entire university system.
Incoming Faculty Senate President Misty Anderson, in a report delivered to her colleagues at 3:30 p.m., said: "The System office is an administrative entity that exists by taxing its campuses. It has introduced measures that are, increasingly, a distraction from our mission as the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the mission we carry out."
The Faculty Senate planned to compose a resolution at its Monday meeting censuring some of UT President Joe DiPietro's recent actions, including the manner in which Davenport was terminated, and calling for "a meaningful discussion of the role of the system," Anderson said.
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