PERSPECTIVES: Why I Quit a University Board: “We Were Expected to Rubber-Stamp Decisions”

Jim Fielding, Indiana University Foundation board member, quoted by WFIU, Indian Public Radio: “I was on the board for nine years. When he joined, the board was committed to governance and to working with Foundation leadership and IU administration. He believed that conversations and debates were productive. But Fielding said the board evolved into an environment that was not welcoming to questions. “The culture feels very different, and I feel that we’re expected to just rubber-stamp decisions that were made without our involvement,” Fielding said. Read more here.

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