Dated 07 Sept 2015: 
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The University of Iowa chapter of The American Association of
University Professors (AAUP) joins the Campaign to Organize Graduate
Students (COGS) and other members of our campus community in deploring
the actions of the Iowa Board of Regents in appointing Mr. Bruce Harreld
to be the next president of the University of Iowa.
In retrospect, it is clear that the assurances of fairness and
transparency in the hiring process given to us by the Regents, the chair
of the search committee, the search firm, and the Faculty Senate
leadership were untrue. It is our hope and belief that those assurances
made by the search committee and faculty leaders were the result of
representations made to them by the Regents.
Only a pre-conceived determination by the Regents to appoint Mr.
Harreld regardless of campus reactions to him can explain his hiring.
Had the Regents, the ultimate decision makers, been the least bit
concerned with the reactions of faculty, staff, and students to Mr.
Harreld's campus visit, the combination of his performance at the open
forum, the problems with his resume, and the conclusion of the overwhelming majority of those responding to the survey
that he is unqualified to lead the university would have produced a
different decision. We sincerely regret our inability to believe that
the Regents are prepared to act in the best interests of the university.
And we extend our heartfelt apologies to President Krislov, Provost
Bernstein, and Provost Steinmetz for the treatment they received from
The University of Iowa.
