April 25, 2008

Faculty and Board at Odds Over President of Culinary Institute

By Richard Byrne

A food fight is brewing at the prestigious Culinary Institute of America. Faculty members at the New York college voted overwhelmingly this week to express no confidence in its president, L. Timothy Ryan. But the institute's board immediately gave Mr. Ryan a unanimous vote of confidence and extended his contract as well.

The faculty resolution of no confidence, which passed by a vote of 85 to 9 on Wednesday morning, cited a "culture of animosity and mistrust" at the

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