The growing rift between faculty members at Vermont’s State Colleges and Chancellor, Robert Clarke grew larger this week when the faculty of Johnson State College issued a “no-confidence” vote directed at Clarke joining Castleton, Lyndon and Vermont Technical College in expressing their dissatisfaction with the Chancellor.
Yesterday students at Lyndon State held a demonstration in support of the teacher. And the faculty members of the five-college system, locked in a contract dispute that’s now two-years- old, say their complaints go beyond that impasse.
Mitch Wertlieb spoke with General Counsel for the Vermont State Colleges, Mary Alice McKenzie, about the issue.
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Note: On Friday during Morning Edition, Mitch Wertlieb will talk with Ernest Broadwater, president of the VSC Faculty Federation.