Faculty groups at nine of the 10 colleges in the Maricopa County Community College District last week voted no confidence in the leadership of Maria Harper-Marinick, the large two-year college system's chancellor, according to a report in The Arizona Republic.
The votes were taken of members of the campus faculty senates, not the entire faculty ranks. The resolution passed last week accused Harper-Marinick of being complicit in attempts to undermine shared governance. The vote follows a dispute last year between faculty members and the district's governing board over the process used to negotiate faculty pay and benefits, the newspaper reported.
Harper-Marinick was appointed chancellor in May 2016.
