Schmidly loses no-confidence vote
UNM faculty senate also votes for audit
Updated: Thursday, 26 Feb 2009, 2:33 PM MST
Published : Thursday, 26 Feb 2009, 11:37 AM MST
ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) - With a 329-106 vote, faculty at the University of New Mexico voted no confidence in the leadership of UNM President David Schmidly on Wednesday, according to a news release.
Faculty activists have been calling Schmidly’s administration "top-heavy" during an economic crunch, saying he's added highly paid administrators, diverting money better spent in classrooms.
They also complained of nepotism referring to an attempt to hire Schmidly's son who later went to work for a university contractor.
Faculty also overwhelmingly passed a no-confidence vote against UNM Vice President David Harris, 438-24.
The group also passed a resolution asking Gov. Bill Richardson to withdraw his nomination of Jamie Koch to another term on the board of regents, 482-7.
Faculty members also voted 471-18 to request an independent audit of several of the university's funds spent since 2003, to be conducted by a firm chosen by State Auditor Hector Balderas and approved by the faculty senate.
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