RADFORD — The Radford University faculty senate may soon consider a motion expressing no confidence in the academic leadership of Provost Wil Stanton.

Communications professor Gwendolyn Brown made the motion following a brief discussion of an investigative committee report released Wednesday.

Consideration of the motion is not assured, however. As per faculty senate procedures, the motion was immediately tabled.

To be officially considered, a majority must vote to take up the motion at the Oct. 22 senate meeting. Without a majority vote, the motion could remain tabled, senate President Steve Owen said.

The report, generated by a special committee of the senate, was based on months of investigation of alleged policy and rules violations by top university administrators, including Stanton.

The committee found no wrongdoing in any of these cases, but it criticized the administration’s top-down approach to decision-making, its lack of transparency and insufficient communication.

The report also alleges that Radford University President Penelope Kyle and other administrators’ actions have created a culture of fear at Radford that discourages dissent.

“Some are shaken, many are affronted, and all are troubled by the seeming disregard for their proper role in governance and curricular issues. All of this has resulted in an extremely low level of morale,” Brown said. “The discontent and angst … must be addressed and resolved so that we can then return our attention and energies to their proper place — the education of our students.”