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<img src="https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/126160.jpg?h=303&w=540" width="540" /><p class="text">Two universities about whom I care, Cornerstone University in Grand Rapids (alma mater), and North Park University (17 years as professor), have recently voted “No Confidence” for the current president of the school. Both votes were close to 80%.</p>
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<p class="text">The tensions are high at each school. There is much pain and grieving and hoping and waiting and anger and frustration and praying and, I hope, talking with one another.</p>
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<p class="text">Both were covered by the <em>Washington Post</em>, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/cornerstone-university-votes-no-confidence-in-president-the-day-before-inauguration/2021/10/22/845dab58-337b-11ec-8036-7db255bff176_story.html" class="">here</a> and here, and I include clips from the WaPo articles without comment.</p>
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<p class="text">I am a faculty member who sees things from that perspective. In that I have taught nearly four decades my experience comes into play when I sketch the problems and suggestions for Boards and Presidents.</p>
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<p class="text"><em>Scot McKnight and Laura Barringer are the authors of <strong><a href="https://amzn.to/3vLv9M6" class="">A Church called Tov</a></strong>, a book that explores toxic cultures in order to help form tov, or goodness, cultures.</em></p>
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<p class="text"><strong>Cornerstone</strong>:</p>
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<blockquote class="text">The 42 to 6 vote, with 14 abstaining, is non-binding but was reported to the school’s board in a letter late Thursday.In an earlier letter, 42 university faculty and staff said, “Our current campus culture has become one of fear and suspicion. Faculty and administrators — many of whom have dedicated long years of faithful service to the university and our students — have simply disappeared without explanation.”Carole Bos, chair of Cornerstone’s board of trustees, said in a statement to RNS that the new president “is committed to continuing our diversity efforts and will lead the Board’s charge to build a diverse Cornerstone community. Our board is confident that he will seek collaboration with our tremendous faculty and staff to help our students reach even further in their goals ...</blockquote><p class="more"><a href="https://www.christianitytoday.com/scot-mcknight/2021/when-faculty-vote-no-confidence-in-president.html">Continue reading</a>...</p>
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