LINCOLN, Neb. ( Nebraska Examiner ) - Faculty at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are set to consider a “no confidence” vote in Chancellor Rodney Bennett at a Nov. 18 special meeting as Bennett seeks to finalize up to $27.5 million in budget cuts.

Elizabeth Lewis, a professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education, unveiled the emergency motion against Bennett at a UNL Faculty Senate meeting Tuesday. The budget cut process is based on a new set of academic program evaluations and data many faculty have questioned.

Lewis, speaking with the Nebraska Examiner on Tuesday night, said the motion is about Bennett’s general service and not just the budget cuts process, though she said faculty concerns about the budget process are “somewhat emblematic of the leadershi

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