Earlier today, I forwarded, to Dr. Bill Vega, Chancellor Mathur’s recent email announcing Vega’s sudden “discontinuance” as consultant. As you know (see yesterday's post), in that email, Mathur declared that he, Mathur, made the decision to discontinue Vega’s work. Mathur’s exact words were:I’ve decided to discontinue the work of the consultant, Dr. Bill Vega, effective immediately. He has graciously concurred.
Oddly enough, Vega offers a different account of the "discontinuance" decision, for he wrote back to me, saying, “Roy, no, it was my recommendation.”
He then explained that he was struck by the trust established among the members of the IVC Accreditation Focus Group and the progress that they believe that they have made. Evidently, this persuaded him that there is no need for the report that he was being asked to write. And so he recommended discontinuance.
That is, it was Vega's recommendation, not Mathur's.
In fact, during Vega's "open forum" at IVC on Tuesday, he hinted that he might well pull the plug on his consultation gig. He also clearly implied that he agreed with the strong objections that were voiced during the forum to the Chancellor's involvement in or interference with IVC decision-making.
Nevertheless, in his email yesterday, Mathur attributed to Vega the judgment that "the decision-making process seems to be working well and any further assessment work is not necessary at this time."
