Le Cagle

@lecagle.bsky.social

Today the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, being led by the nose by President Eli Capilouto, finalized the dissolution of the University Senate, putting the final nail in the coffin of shared governance.

Jun 14, 2024 at 19:15 UTC

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Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

A huge step backwards for what was once a promising university. I was a professor there for 20 years, but I have no regrets about leaving.

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Erin Templeton @eetempleton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 21:16 UTC

Speechless. Except to say that I’m really sorry.

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Will Gervais @wgervais.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 15:50 UTC

Noooooooooooo, I’m so sorry for y’all. Rage, sadness, all of the above

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Jay "Ceasefire" Parr @crankypacifist.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 20:35 UTC

What a lovely time to have a career in higher education.

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LoriMMiller @lorimmiller.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 22:39 UTC

The statements and written rationales about this have more than a whiff of the Oceania government about them to my ear now. I'm really sorry and sad for all the great people who still work there, and sad on behalf of the students this will affect.

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Faith Kearns @fkearns.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 00:12 UTC

Yikes

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Rose Casey @rosecasey.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 22:28 UTC

!! Oh gosh. That's bad. Even Gee didn't do that here (although he definitely made it possible for many other presidents, like Capilouto, to confidently make huge cuts).

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A. Rivera @bloodravenlib.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 21:31 UTC

Saw the story earlier, truly awful.

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 19:52 UTC

I’m so sorry

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 21:22 UTC

Ghastly. And yet they want the sheen of running what they will call a university.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 00:45 UTC

I'm so sorry, Cagle. This fucking sucks.

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VanVelding @vanvelding.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 21:13 UTC

Palpatine behavior.

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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 16, 2024 at 22:14 UTC

Sad thing is that there was never any intent to honestly consider feedback or work collaboratively towards solutions, just Eli imposing his will while pretending to be reasonable. Glad I'm gone, because with an admin appointment I would have been expected to support the scheme (or be fired).

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Rainy Erika @elevatedmn.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 01:10 UTC

It's been gutting to follow these events, I can't imagine how you and your colleagues are feeling right now. It's beyond tragic.

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Sara Doan @sdoanut.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 20:00 UTC

Fuck. I'm sorry and I know how hard you and others were fighting

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Joshua Raclaw @babkele.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 19:20 UTC

Fuck, I'm so sorry to hear this.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 07:36 UTC

Belated condolences 💐 This is terrible 💔

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Marian Wilson Kimber @mwilsonkimber.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 14, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

🤬

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Dr. Antje Gamble @drantjegamble.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 15, 2024 at 16:10 UTC

😑 Now coming soon to all KY campuses I’m sure. The way our admin botched this year’s raises, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was the first agenda item in the fall to curb our fac senate (not that fs has real shared governance at msu).

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