Allen said part of that will include developing new processes, specifically when decisions need to be made on a shortened schedule.

“The problem is the external world is changing a lot faster than we are internally so we need to develop processes with the Faculty Senate that will be able to move a bit faster than we normally do because my concern is that we will lose out if we don’t do that,” Allen said.

Faculty Senate leaders said they were first consulted about the proposed academic cuts on Feb. 27 and were provided information for viewing only during a closed session. A second closed meeting was held Monday when documents were given to them.

Funderburk believes they were able to impact the final list, but he also believes they could have done more.

“This list is so long,” he said. “With no prep, when you are handed dozens of programs sometimes you have somebody sitting in the room who knows the program enough to say something. Sometimes there is just nobody in the room who knows that program well enough to respond. So there may have been some others that we could have saved if we had been allowed to consult with colleagues and say ‘What about this?’”

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