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was then asked to step down in 2023 based on her performance: The ref (a story on the local news) only says she was stepping down at the end of the semester. It does not say that she was asked to step down. It does not say it was based on her performance.
Long-time and highly-distinguished professor and also a member of the faculty senate at UA, Prof. Ted Downing said in the YouTube video, Folks was highly confrontational and lacked trust with the faculty. Ignoring the puffery, in a news report about two women, Downing says "she was highly controversial, confrontational" without specifying which woman he was discussing. He says nothing about "lacked trust with the faculty".
WP:UNDUE: I have added mention of her holding the position and stepping down to the career portion of the article. There is insufficient weight to make this part of the lead.