Dive Brief:
- With the support of the school's president, San Jose State University's Academic Senate voted to ask the chancellor of the university system to review governance at the school.
- Another measure on the president’s expansion of MOOCs was pushed to December.
- The resolution asking for a review cited “communication and transparency” issues that have exposed divides at the university.
Dive Insight:
University President Mohammad Qayoumi might have been expected to oppose a measure reviewing governance at the school, but at the senate meeting and in a blog post, he supported it: "As I said during the meeting, communication is the basis for effective governance. I am hopeful that today’s Senate conversation, and others to come, will bring us closer together and help us exceed our individual and collective aspirations."