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...Boston University deans who called for the ouster of B.U. President John R. Silber tendered his resignation this week in protest over the trustees' decision to retain Silber...
Budget Cut. Ten of the 15 academic deans have demanded his ouster, and in a 377-to-117 vote, the faculty senate also asked for his resignation. Besides his overpowering style in office, a number of substantive issues have fueled the conflict. Boston is meagerly endowed ($25 million), and the administration has been forced to modify its $128 million budget to meet the demands of declining enrollments and rising costs. In December, 90 untenured professors were told they would lose their jobs when their contracts expired. Announcing the need for a 20% budget cut in the next two years, Silber...
...other action yesterday, Dianne Fromholtz, opening-round ouster of top-seeded Chris Evert, continued in her role as the Cinderella entry of the tournament when she outslugged Greer Stevens in straight sets...
Shortly after Hartman's departure Kilbridge, by now the permanent dean, faced the most threatening attack on his deanship when three senior professors in the City and Regional Planning Department (CRP) sought his ouster by the Corporation...
Some Western officials, in fact, believe that the South African withdrawal-and UNITA's ouster of Western journalists from its territory-may be designed to mask continued South African involvement. The suspected strategy would entail a forward movement of detachments of South African soldiers camouflaged as mercenaries. Their job would be to stiffen the UNITA resistance and provide a holding and screening force to cover the re-entry of South African army regulars into the battle...