Some UF faculty senators criticized the search process and past statements made by the Nebraska senator on issues such as LGBTQ rights.
that other candidates wanted to keep their names confidential unless they were the only choice so they wouldn’t compromise their current jobs.
Lundy defended the transparency of the search process, stating that the search committee had listening sessions where members of the campus community were able to offer input.It was clarified at the meeting that the 15-member presidential search committee used an outside consultant to help with the search process.
He also that in all of the most recent presidential searches conducted by public universities ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report, with exception of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, they disclosed only one finalist.stated that the search process “undermined the trust and confidence” of the Faculty Senate in his selection. It also stated that the next UF president “should come already equipped to lead an institution of this caliber rather than aiming to learn on the job.