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<b>To: </b>ek <<a href="mailto:erickrasnoff@aol.com">erickrasnoff@aol.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc: </b>Kim Cline <<a href="mailto:Kim.Cline@liu.edu">Kim.Cline@liu.edu</a>>, Jeff Kane <<a href="mailto:Jeff.Kane@liu.edu">Jeff.Kane@liu.edu</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Attached you will find an Open Letter to the Board reporting on the Dec. 2 meeting of the Executive Committee of the UFS with you and President Cline. In
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Dear Members of the Board of Trustees of Long Island University:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">At the request of LIU Board of Trustees Chairman, Eric Krasnoff, the Executive Committee of the University Faculty Senate (UFS) met with Chairman Krasnoff and
LIU President, Kimberly Cline, on Friday, December 2, 2016, at the Post campus. The UFS representatives in attendance included a total of eight (8) faculty members from LIU Post, LIU Brooklyn, and the College of Pharmacy.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">During this meeting, UFS representatives shared the general opinion of faculty members from across the university, that President Cline’s management has led
to a sense of chaos on the ground at both Post and Brooklyn. While LIU has made marked improvement in our economic condition since President Cline’s arrival—the rise of LIU’s Moody’s rating being one indicator of such improvement—realized gains have been
simultaneously undermined by falling enrollments, administrative dysfunction, and cuts to critical student services. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">In the interest of supporting further improvement of LIU’s condition, the UFS chose to discuss three primary issues, among many, at the meeting: admissions,
transparency and sustainability. The following are important points, and concerns, raised at this meeting:</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">1)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Enrollment
data from Fall 2011 through Fall 2016 show that enrollment declines continue unabated after President Cline arrived at LIU in Fall 2013, with no clear plan for improvement.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">The
President explained enrollments continued to drop after her arrival because SAT scores of our students have risen, suggesting that we may have fewer students, but they are better prepared and more likely to graduate. The faculty, however, contend that SAT
averages have risen primarily because we no longer require our lowest tier admitted students to provide SAT scores with their applications.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">2)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">President
Cline announced that a new administrator was hired to oversee admissions across campuses. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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UFS is concerned that it has taken so long to hire a chief admissions officer, and we wonder whether there was an appropriate search conducted to fill this critical position.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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new Chief of Admissions and Enrollment Strategy does not have the appropriate experience to suggest he can successfully implement a plan to increase enrollment. He has never worked in admissions, serving last as Chief Student Affairs Officer at Mercy College.
He also spent one year as Senior Associate Director of Athletics at SUNY Stony Brook, after serving as Director of Athletics at SUNY Maritime.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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new Chief of Admissions and Enrollment Strategy, hired in August 2016, has still not been introduced to faculty and has made no effort to communicate with us about his plans for improving admissions and enrollment in the programs for which we design, and implement,
the curricula.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">3)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Furthering
a lack of transparency, top and mid-level staffing has been in constant turnover since President Cline’s tenure began, making it difficult to know who is responsible for essential university functions, and how candidates are being selected for positions.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">The
main distinguishing qualification of three of the five latest hires to LIU’s leadership appear to be close association with Dr. Cline at previous institutions. In the absence of more information, the faculty are unsure if these selections were the best-qualified
candidates.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">The
UFS has asked President Cline to provide an updated organizational chart with the names and contact information of individuals responsible for carrying out significant university business. The President has promised to provide such a document by the end of
the Fall 2016 semester.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">4)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Over
the past three years, many highly skilled personnel (including Deans, upper level administrators, and staff from admissions, registrar, financial aid and student services) have left LIU for similar jobs at other institutions, leaving a gap in service to our
students.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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received feedback that many left because decisions appropriately left to those in their title/position were often made above them, without their input.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">5)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Recent
university surpluses used to build the endowment are largely derived from consolidation of administrative positions and reduction in scholarships, both of which deprive our students of necessary support. Such means for generating savings are unsustainable
over the long-run.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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faculty have been demanding university investment in support of other forms of revenue generation, including grants. Current staffing for this initiative is woefully insufficient, leaving LIU disadvantaged in all efforts to identify and apply for outside funding.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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faculty would like to know when the university will be ready to reinvest in existing academic programs.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">6)</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">President
Cline has demonstrated little capacity to work collaboratively with faculty members, alienating hundreds of academic professionals who have demonstrated their commitment to the university over many years.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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a result, Deans’ candidates and potential new faculty are reluctant to consider, or commit, to LIU. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New'; color: black;">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Tenured
faculty members, committed to the university but troubled by the trajectory set by President Cline, are beginning to seek employment elsewhere.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">The UFS Executive Committee brought up all the foregoing points to Chairman Krasnoff and President Cline at the meeting. President Cline provided little information
to assuage our worries. She asserted that there was evidence that her methods are working, but provided little to support her claims. She promised to share information more clearly and regularly with faculty. She asked faculty to be patient and to work
in good faith with the team she has assembled. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">After more than three years of patience, and significant faculty contributions on projects such as the Strategic Plan and the Academic Program Review document,
the UFS asks the Trustees to undertake a comprehensive evidence-based assessment of the President’s impact on the university, taking the issues raised here into consideration. For the good of the institution, we ask that members of the Board meet with faculty
representatives to discuss that assessment.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Hildi Hendrickson, UFS President, Associate Professor of Anthropology, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Larry Banks, UFS Vice-President, Associate Professor of Media Arts, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Orly Calderon, UFS Co-Secretary, Associate Professor of Social Work, LIU Post</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Kathryn Krase, UFS Co-Secretary, Associate Professor of Social Work, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Ed Donahue, UFS Executive Committee, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Bio-Chemistry, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Kathy Hill-Miller, UFS Executive Committee, Professor of English, LIU Post</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Glenn Magee, UFS Executive Committee, Associate Professor of Philosophy, LIU Post</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Shaireen Rasheed, UFS Executive Committee, Professor of Education, LIU Post</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Selenay Aytac, UFS Member, Associate Professor of Library, LIU Post</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Christopher League, UFS Member, Associate Professor of Computer Science, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Helisse Levine, UFS Member, Associate Professor of Public Administration, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;">Scott Youmans, UFS Member, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, LIU Brooklyn</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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