March 18, 2005

Professors at New Mexico Highlands U. Complain to Accreditor About President

By SCOTT SMALLWOOD

Professors at New Mexico Highlands University say their new president, a longtime state politician, is ruling the institution through fear and intimidation.

Twenty tenured professors recently wrote a three-page letter to the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, which accredits Highlands. In it, they complain about a lack of shared governance, a president who belittles the faculty, and four recent tenure denials by the Board of Regents. The 20 professors make up about a

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