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Manoj Patankar has resigned as vice president for academic affairs at Saint Louis University, but his departure from the administration hasn't resolve tensions with faculty members and students who have been demanding his ouster and that of the Rev. Lawrence H. Biondi, the president, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Patankar's plans for a post-tenure review system that many faculty members viewed as the de facto elimination of tenure set off much of the current controversy, but many professors and students have other grievances about Father Biondi, whom they say has cut them off from meaningful roles in campus governance. Indeed the response of the Facebook group "SLU Students for No Confidence" was "This is only a small step, but a positive one. Our real grievances are with Father Biondi."
