Dive Brief:
- The faculty at the University of Iowa have already expressed their lack of confidence in incoming president J. Bruce Harreld, and now they have voted to censure him for discrepancies on his résumé.
- The Iowa City Press-Citizen reports Harreld listed his most recent employment as managing principal of Executing Strategy LLC in Avon, CO, though that company no longer exists, and he failed to give credit to his co-authors in a number of published papers.
- The censure didn’t come with any call to action, it simply gave the faculty a way to take a stand against perceived ethical breaches — but it also highlights the potential lapse in due diligence of those vetting Harreld.
Dive Insight:
Faculty at the University of Iowa took a stand against Harreld when he was named one of three finalists for the top spot at the state’s largest campus. Harreld is a businessman with no experience in university administration. The two other finalists were both experienced administrators. Faculty and students voted “no confidence” in Harreld’s leadership and their opposition has been reflected in statements of support from other Iowa campuses.