In Casablanca, Capt. Renault pockets his winnings and remarks, as he shuts down Rick’s American Cafe, “I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!” After decades of presiding over...
What can be done to improve governance at Penn State? That’s the question before the Pennsylvania Legislature this week and it’s one legislators can and should address. Concealing information, finger-pointing, sanctions. That’s not the...
Battles between boards and the universities they govern are on the rise across the country, national experts say. The most recent example is last year’s ouster and then reinstatement of University of Virginia President...
Nine months after the University of Virginia removed its president, prompting a storm of protest, and then reinstated her, the university still cannot go more than a few days or weeks without some new...
U.S. Department of Education officials announced last month that the University of Virginia’s […]
A national advocacy organization Friday asked the U.S. secretary of education to step into the ongoing fray at the University of Virginia. Rebuffed by education department staff, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni...
The University of Virginia’s president and governing board leader have, in public, maintained an air of united collegiality for the past eight months, hoping to move beyond the summer’s leadership crisis. Out of sight,...
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