UI Faculty Supports Flagship Status

The University of Idaho Faculty Senate on Tuesday afternoon unanimously passed a resolution to call on the Idaho State Board of Education to reinstate the word “flagship” into the UI’s mission statement. State board members removed the word during a Feb. 16 meeting in Boise, where they also edited the mission statements of Boise State University and Idaho State University. The word “flagship” had only been in the UI’s mission statement since September. But the UI change - intended to foster collegial relationships among the three universities - caused controversy across the state.The Faculty Senate resolution expresses “profound disappointment” at the decision and asks the state board to reconsider at its April 18-19 meeting on the UI’s Moscow campus/ Moscow-Pullman Daily News . More here.

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