Actions don't make U.Va look good
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Actions don't make U.Va look good
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A student's letter to the editor of the Richmond Times-Dispatch
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
Regarding the ouster of U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan: The irresponsible actions by U.Va.'s Board of Visitors has led to an uproar on the campus and around the country. It has left a sour taste in the mouths of many from higher education administration, including "dismayed" former U.Va. president Robert O'Neil and president of the Association of American Universities Hunter Rawlings III. Most recently, Darden School of Business was dealt a blow after the resignation of the chairman of its Board of Trustees, amid discoveries of his involvement in the opaque and messy removal process. What's more, faculty at all levels are outraged and took a vote of no confidence in Rector Helen Dragas and the board.
In light of this troubling deluge of negative press, Gov. Bob McDonnell must under no circumstances consider the reappointment of Dragas or any other member of the Board of Visitors. This ordeal has been a major embarrassment, and still no explanation of why it was done.
If anyone thinks this is the way to make this institution the most eminent in the United States, they need to think again.
Brendan Wynn.
Charlottesville.
Editor, Times-Dispatch:
Regarding the ouster of U.Va. President Teresa Sullivan: The irresponsible actions by U.Va.'s Board of Visitors has led to an uproar on the campus and around the country. It has left a sour taste in the mouths of many from higher education administration, including "dismayed" former U.Va. president Robert O'Neil and president of the Association of American Universities Hunter Rawlings III. Most recently, Darden School of Business was dealt a blow after the resignation of the chairman of its Board of Trustees, amid discoveries of his involvement in the opaque and messy removal process. What's more, faculty at all levels are outraged and took a vote of no confidence in Rector Helen Dragas and the board.
In light of this troubling deluge of negative press, Gov. Bob McDonnell must under no circumstances consider the reappointment of Dragas or any other member of the Board of Visitors. This ordeal has been a major embarrassment, and still no explanation of why it was done.
If anyone thinks this is the way to make this institution the most eminent in the United States, they need to think again.
Brendan Wynn.
Charlottesville.
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http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/letters-to-the-editor/2012/jun/23/tdopin01-letters-to-the-editor-ar-2007830/
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, “Actions don't make U.Va look good,” Sullivan Archive, accessed November 30, 2024, https://sullivan.lib.virginia.edu/items/show/104.