Provost denial of Faculty Excellence Awards?

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Recall that last year in Spring 2020, even though the Faculty Excellence Awards committees finalized winners for the awards, mysteriously the Awards never happened.  There has NEVER been a satisfactory explanation for what happened to the 2020 awards nor has there ever been a university-wide email regarding this explanation for the awards.  

Even though the rumors are that due to the pandemic the awards were postponed/cancelled, it made no sense as there were fundraisers, conferences, Zoom meetings and other online events.  So why would the Faculty Excellence Awards NOT be moved online?  

Now it appears that in the 2021 Faculty Awards there has been very new and very "interesting" language inserted into the 2021 criteria- Will the Provost deliberately veto and deny certain faculty awards if he personally dislikes a certain professor?  

2020-

Selection Process

Based upon materials presented in the nomination portfolio, the Faculty Awards Committee will review the nominations and make recommendations to the Provost.

2021-

Selection Process

Based upon materials presented in the nomination portfolio, the Faculty Awards Committee will review the nominations and supporting material and make recommendations to the Provost. The Provost will review the recommendations, and reserves the right to accept, decline, or postpone the nominations for the upcoming academic year, and Provost’s decision is final. 

Why has new language been inserted providing the Provost with so much discretionary, personal and potentially abusive power?   

At the very least we have to assume that the Provost does NOT trust or respect the professional judgement, competence and integrity of our faculty committee members.  Why insert new language if not to try and have some type of personal influence on the final outcome despite outsourcing this responsibility to faculty committees? 

Provost Harris- perhaps you are confused- it is FACULTY Excellence Awards- NOT Provost Excellence Awards!!! ;-)

https://transparencystate.blogspot.com/2020/09/update-faculty-staff-excellence-awards.html

https://transparencystate.blogspot.com/2020/05/faculty-excellence-award-winners.html

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