PORTLAND (AP) — More than half the faculty at the University of Southern Maine has voted that it has no confidence in President Selma Botman, but the vote lacked the majority needed to pass.
USM spokesman Bob Caswell says the 194-88 vote fell short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.
Voting was open to 377 fulltime faculty members on Tuesday and Wednesday.
University of Maine System Chancellor James H. Page said in a statement Wednesday, “The fact that this vote occurred is a matter we take very seriously.” He says he plans to “engage with all of the parties involved to move USM forward.”
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