From the State News: Michigan State University faculty overwhelmingly voted that they lack confidence in the Board of Trustees, while a separate vote showed a majority support President Kevin Guskiewicz. Of the 1,394 who voted, 86%, or 1,199, indicated that they didn't have confidence in the board. Just 8.6%, or 120 faculty members, voted that they have trust or confidence in the board, with 5.4%, or 132, abstaining.
Faculty Senate Chair John Aerni-Flessner said that the purely advisory action organized by the Faculty Senate Steering Committee was "not a campaign against anyone" but "to have the president and the board see where faculty stand, so that they can take that into consideration." More than 53% of voters said they have confidence and trust in the president. Of those, 37% said they don’t have that trust in him, and 9.5% abstained...
All 4,103 faculty members were eligible to cast a ballot. The participation rate for the vote was 34%... In a statement sent to The State News, Board Chair Brianna Scott wrote that she didn't believe the "hard work, dedication and reliable support of the majority of the Board is reflected in the results of the vote by the Academic Congress...
In Guskiewicz’s initial departure announcement for Clemson University,* he said working with the MSU board was an "unsustainable situation." Nearly six weeks later when Guskiewicz decided to stay at MSU, he wrote in another community letter that he was "sincerely sorry" for any uncertainty that he caused. He also acknowledged a need to rebuild trust...
Full story at https://statenews.com/article/2026/07/the-board-needs-to-see-where-faculty-stand-msu-faculty-overwhelmingly-back-no-confidence-vote.
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*President Guskiewicz had said he was going to Clemson, but changed his mind.
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