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November 13, 2007
President on Leave From Oral Roberts U. Receives 'No Confidence' Vote
When Richard L. Roberts stepped down temporarily as president of Oral Roberts University last month amid salacious accusations about his spending practices, he said he would be back “in God’s timing, and when the board feels that it is appropriate.” That may be too soon for the institution’s tenured faculty members, who approved a resolution of no confidence in their former leader this week.
The resolution, approved by a quorum of the faculty after a three-and-a-half-hour meeting on Monday and disclosed today, states that the professors approved the motion “without regard to the outcome of the current lawsuit against the university,” the Associated Press reported.
Donald R. Vance, a professor of biblical languages and literature, said the vote was “nearly unanimous,” but declined to give the tally. He described the document as a way of letting the Board of Regents know how the faculty felt. In an interview with the Tulsa World, Mr. Vance emphasized that the professors were loyal “to this university and its mission.”
University officials declined to comment on the vote.
The accusations against Mr. Roberts were detailed in a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by three former professors at the university. The document alleges that he improperly used university resources for political purposes, and to support an extravagant lifestyle for his family. Mr. Roberts and his wife, Lindsay Roberts, have denied wrongdoing. —Charles Huckabee
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This is sad, but as a Christian I support the exposure of wrongful activities. It’s just too bad that innocent people will be the ones dealing with the long-lasting damage, such as degrees that no longer are viewed as having integrity, students feeling forced to transfer to other schools and losing scholarships, etc.
— Ann Endry Nov 13, 11:33 PM #
Has anything been said about the results of the accreditation visit which was to have occurred a week ago?
— Curious Nov 14, 04:37 AM #
I think you might mean “scandalous” rather than “salacious”
See, e.g.,:
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/salacious
...
1 : arousing or appealing to sexual desire or imagination : lascivious 2 : lecherous, lustful
— sa·la·cious·ly adverb
— sa·la·cious·ness noun
— Tripp Hanson Nov 14, 07:51 AM #
“Salacious” applies here as well, as Mrs. Roberts has been accused of having improper conduct with an underage male, according to the news reports I’ve seen. So both “scandalous” and “salacious” apply — but mostly it’s all just very, very sad.
— JPS Nov 14, 09:27 AM #
While I know this is difficult for the university at this time, I agree with the plaintiff attorney’s comment in the case that he felt this was “needed surgery” for the university to continue. Personally, I feel this is LONG overdue and am encouraged by this development as an alumnus of ORU from the 80’s. Now let’s just hope the administration finds a “true” university president to replace the outgoing one!
— ORU Alumnus Nov 14, 09:35 AM #
AMEN!
— TDD Nov 14, 12:41 PM #