Dive Brief:

• Faculty at Washtenaw Community College in Michigan have voted no confidence in the college’s president, Rose Bellanca.
• Among the issues, faculty union leaders say they’re frustrated by the college’s administrative growth, lack of transparency and collaboration with faculty, high turnover, and poor communication under Bellanca’s command.
• Of 181 faculty voting at the union meeting, 158 voted in favor of the no-confidence measure, with 22 against and 1 abstaining.

Dive Insight:

MLive.com quotes an English professor as saying faculty morale is the worst she’s seen in 12 years. Bellanca, hired as WCC's president in fall 2011, says she’s had to make strategic decisions at a time when finances and enrollment are difficult for community colleges. She also employed methods to improve communication, including a university newsletter and scheduling coffee hours. She says the faculty unhappiness is due to changes at the community college, such as new class start times, new administrative structures, shorter class offerings, industry partnerships, and high school programs, MLive.com reports.