Departmental statement takedowns lack transparency, UMN faculty say

For the past ten years, parliamentarians have encouraged legislative maximalism, sometimes with boomerang effects...

Departmental statement takedowns lack transparency, UMN faculty say

Information about the removal of University of Minnesota departmental statements this week was intentionally kept out of email communications, faculty said.  Department chairs were invited to a Zoom meeting at 5 p.m. on Saturday by College of Liberal Arts Dean GerShun Avilez regarding “updates on institutional statements based on information (Avilez had) just received from the Provost,” according to an email obtained by the Minnesota Daily. Avil…