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<\/a> AUC faculty deliver vote of no confidence in president after Pompeo\u2019s \u2018fiery\u2019 speech:<\/b> The American University in Cairo\u2019s Senate voted on Tuesday in favor of declaring no confidence in the university\u2019s president, Francis J. Ricciardone, and called on the university\u2019s board of trustees to appoint a replacement, Declan Walsh writes for the New York Times<\/a>. \u201cIn a letter to Mr. Ricciardone, faculty members cited low morale, complaints about his management style, grievances over contracts and accusations of illegal discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

The grumbles have been building up for a while:<\/b> These grievances, the faculty members said, existed long before US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a \u201cfiery\u201d speech at the university last month<\/a>, but \u201cexploded into the open\u201d when they were not included in or informed of the decision \u201cto bring a former C.I.A director who has spoken in favor of torture to A.U.C.,\u201d as the chairwoman of AUC\u2019s history department, Pascale Ghazaleh, put it. Academics interviewed by Walsh indicated distrust for Ricciardone, largely due to his political background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AUC faculty deliver vote of no confidence in president after Pompeo\u2019s \u2018fiery\u2019 speech: The American University in Cairo\u2019s Senate voted on Tuesday in favor of declaring no confidence in the university\u2019s president, Francis J. Ricciardone, and called on the university\u2019s board of trustees to appoint a replacement, Declan Walsh writes for the New York Times. 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