By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 BOWLING GREEN — After almost five years at Bowling Green State University, President Sidney Ribeau says he is close to his ultimate goal: making BGSU the premier learning community in the state of Ohio. “We’ve accomplished a phenomenal amount of work,” he said yesterday, in his fifth […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 The University of Toledo’s faculty senate voted unanimously yesterday to condemn the comments that have caused a firestorm on campus – UT Board Chairman Ronald Langenderfer’s statement last week that he wanted to fire employees spreading false rumors about the university. But, unlike the faculty union, the […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 The union that represents almost 500 faculty members at the University of Toledo called yesterday for the resignation of the chairman of the school’s board of trustees. “Ronald Langenderfer has demonstrated that he lacks the temperament and the understanding of higher education to serve on the Board […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 It was “a mistake” for the chairman of the University of Toledo board of trustees to say that employees spreading inaccurate rumors about the administration will be fired immediately, UT President Dr. Vik Kapoor said last night. But while he said he has no “personal knowledge” of […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Stung by a spate of rumors swirling around the University of Toledo’s administration, the chairman of UT’s board of trustees said yesterday he will hunt down and fire any employees he thinks are spreading inaccurate information about the university. “They will be investigated,” Chairman Ronald Langenderfer said. […]
By Vanessa Gezari and Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writers Page 13 The University of Toledo wants to get rid of its presidential mansion in Ottawa Hills and let President Vik Kapoor continue living in his house in Wood County. Under the plan, discussed yesterday at a UT board of trustees committee meeting, the university would […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 A University of Toledo trustee – one of only two who opposed Dr. Vik Kapoor’s selection as president – has resigned, citing a “loss of confidence in the leadership” of the board of trustees and the university. “I find it increasingly difficult to be an effective and […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 The University of Toledo college of law wants to shrink by about 20 per cent to eliminate weaker students and result in smaller classes, according to a strategic plan announced yesterday. The detailed plan, according to Provost Henry Moon, will “help our university regain its prominence among […]
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By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 13 The University of Toledo’s administration is hurting its academic programs by not hiring more tenure-track professors, according to a resolution passed by the faculty senate yesterday. Earlier this year, UT President Vik Kapoor had asked the senate’s executive committee to list its three biggest concerns about his […]
By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 1 Continuing a decade-long trend, enrollment at the University of Toledo is down 5.7 per cent from last year, a decline that could cost the university millions of dollars. But university officials say they are optimistic that growth in the freshman class this year soon will reverse the […]