Reaction among faculty to President Michael Hogan's plan to repair a rift with them through better communication seemed split among campuses.

At the flagship campus in Urbana-Champaign at least some faculty were skeptical.

Nick Burbules is a member of the faculty Senate and professor of education policy. He says better communication won't fix the deep animosity that now exists. He accuses Hogan of bullying of administrators.

But at the Springfield campus, assistant professor of astronomy and physics John Martin says he doesn't share those concerns.

More than 100 faculty members from the Urbana-Champaign campus recently called for Hogan to step down over ongoing concerns that he doesn't weigh faculty opinions and wants to diminish campus autonomy.

University trustees directed Hogan this week to repair relations with faculty.