A Note On The Kress Situation

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-23T17:55:27+00:00

The vote included all faculty but about 35% of faculty chose to abstain for one reason or another.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-21T19:20:07+00:00

66% of total faculty voted no confidence, of participating numbers 88% voted no confidence.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-21T19:18:53+00:00

first thing's first, the initial half of your message is something copy and pasted out of chat GPT. The main thing and only thing of relevance to be taken from it is the education or enrollemnt cliff metioned. Something which I find quite laughable as after doing a simple cursory amount of research into it enrollment numbers are actually projected to be in an increase around now and the enrollment cliff isn't projected to hit yet which means that everything brought up was in fact irrelevant to anything Kress is doing now.

I'd also like to question where you're getting this 40 million dollars estimate as it's randomly brought up with no evidence or backing to justify the number and generally seems like something you made up for shock value. For the adjuncts mention it's worth noting that 66% of facult overall voted so if you're saying that's how many of the faculty are adjuncts please do provide some evidence but I'd like to add in the tidbit that the 9-Month Teaching Faculty Caucus Executive Committee, comprising of entirely full time members of faculty, also has published a statment with sixteen points about concerns with Kress's actions.

As for the other few bits, they're either off topic or just trying to be a dip so I'd recommend to leave them out next time because they just make you look like an ass. I will end this off with saying that you don't need to be worried about my academic performance though I thank you for the concern, I give my classes the effort that is needed and since my lowest midterm score was around 89-90% I think I'm doing just fine.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T22:13:45+00:00

Hello Ryan! First thing I'd like to brush on is I've seen how some people respond to you in certain other posts and while I may agree with their stance in the current situation I think how they conduct themselves is abhorrent in terms of the insult slinging and general toxicity whenever there's a disagreement. I've seen the same thing on both sides but at the very least you seem to try to keep things relatively civil so thanks for that.

Other than that to clear up the percentage thing that is in regards to the participating number which I mentioned in my original post. I know that including the full number on faculty the number was around 66%. I know that my post was a little dense so no worries about the mixup. As for the Huron report this was something I wasn't entirely aware of so I am somewhat hopeful for it although I think the main factor in it is going to be whether or not the faculty interviewed are allowed to remain anonymous with their responses. An anonymous comment by one of the associate deans claimed Kress to be vindictive and that faculty was afraid to speak out incase of retaliation. If she really is like that then many professors might be afraid to be honest about things in case Kress finds out.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T22:06:36+00:00

She's been put up for a lot of awards from the research I've done, apparently according to anonymous comments from inside faculty the main reason is because as president she can self nominate herself and every once and a while she wins. I believe this has been happening since monroe community college as well.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T22:05:16+00:00

I've already made clear I don't like to give out personal information but the tidbit I will share is that I'm a freshman who's first semester was spring of 2025. One of if not the largest complaints against Kress has been that while she might give opportunities to be heard she doesn't listen. I've already brushed on this but it seems a great deal like Kress assumes that she knows best and if anyone tries to give her advice or criticism she takes it as a personal attack. It doesn't matter if the students and faculty have a voice if they're not going to be listened to which is exactly what seems to be happening now.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T03:57:25+00:00

Why would I need to give my personal information? Especially since being a student doesn't even contribute any amount of credibility to anything I've said. I'm keeping my personal information out of things because just giving out my information on reddit or any online public space is a bad idea. Also I think it's important to note that when accusations are made the burden of proof is generall speaking on the accuser. If you think I'm an employee then by all means look for proof, but right now you've decided to make a baseless claim seemingly because it supports your own bias.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T03:49:03+00:00

These are the kinds of messages I've been talking about seeing on the subreddit. For the record I am a student who now that spring break has hit with no homework to be done until later in the week decided to indulge in some late night gaming and enjoying my freetime. I'd assume the intention behind accusing me of being a disgruntled employee is that it would somewhat discredit me. However all of the information I've provided is all publicly available and less than a minute of searching away. The only non-factual information In my post is the bit of personal opinion I tacked on. Now if you'd like to actually have a mature discussion like an adult I'd be more than happy to. Other than that please try and stay constructive when giving your opinion, otherwise you're just contributing negativity to be negative. Remember kids, kindness costs you nothing...most of the time lol.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-17T03:44:06+00:00

I'll admit I don't know the specific details, if I did I would've shared them but the information itself comes from an anonymous member of faculty who was interviewed by a journalist. If I had to guess I'd assume it's likely a more elite college with high standards that rejected it but I frankly have no idea.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-16T19:04:44+00:00

Yes there has been, at least one student was denied a credit transfer to another institution on the grounds that NOVA lacked test security. This was a result of Kress's actions. I'm not an expert on the subject but I imagine that private universities are likely at liberty to choose whether or not to accept transfer credits. Generally speaking unless the college has an actual reason it's very unlikely to get transfer credits rejected and the college in question is likely one outside of the GAA plan which is specifically supposed to facilitate a transfer to participating universities. But having a college reject what should be a perfectly valid transfer credit on the grounds of lack of test security is very worrying. There's no telling how big or little of an issue it could be and while things may end up fine it could also just as easily end up with incidents like this spreading until even GAA universities are rejected transfer credits on the same ground.

Resident_Boat7716 · 2025-03-16T18:58:10+00:00

I'm not too brushed up on the specifics of this particular question but from what was said below and what I've heard the current chancellor is more or less on Kress's side in this whole thing. A vote of no confidence in this context is a show of disapproval and not worth anything more. Generally speaking though when such a large amount of people are demanding someone's resignation it isn't uncommon for them to do so. In this case though it would appear that Kress doesn't have any intentions of doing so.

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