Ua Department Chairs, School Directors Join Call For “immediate Change In Direction And Leadership”

Critics at the University of Akron and in the community are intensifying their call to oust embattled UA President Scott Scarborough.UA department chairs and school directors sent a letter to the board of trustees on Tuesday calling for “an immediate change in direction and leadership.”The chairs and directors voted 26-5 this week in favor of sending the letter following last week’s overwhelming no-confidence vote by the university’s Faculty Senate.In their letter, the chairs and directors say morale “is at the lowest point we have seen in over 30 years.”“Low morale is already leading to the loss of our best scholars, as they choose jobs elsewhere, and will reduce our ability to attract the best scholars moving forward,” the academic leaders state in their letter.