Dear Commons Community,

According to an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, academic leaders at San Jose State University voted yesterday overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution asking the chancellor of the California State University system to review governance at the university because of unease over the introduction of massive open online courses.

“The resolution cited “a series of conflicts over the past year” that have highlighted “communication and transparency” issues and “opened serious rifts in our shared sense of community.”

The Academic Senate passed the resolution by a vote of 38 to 2, with five abstentions, but delayed until its December meeting a vote on another measure related to the president’s push to adopt MOOCs.

“In my 24 years at SJSU—most of that time on the Senate—I have never heard such widespread and deep concern about the direction our campus has been taking,” said Kenneth B. Peter, a professor of political science, in a prepared statement provided to The Chronicle.”

More to come at the Academic Senate’s December meeting.

Tony