… and suffer no consequences. Their universities, now… certainly their universities suffer consequences… but both of these people hold on to their jobs and indeed continue to do what they do.
In the case of the cynic – provost at Southern Methodist University – what he does is overrule faculty committees trying to keep unqualified basketball players from being admitted.
In the case of the pig – chancellor at UC Davis – what she does is accumulate money-for-nothing board memberships – one of them a conflict of interest, and another DeVry! – until some local politician notices and she runs away squealing Sorry Sorry Sorry!
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UD thanks dmf and Wendy.
March 5th, 2016 at 12:04PM
We just have to keep saying it… the behavior of the UC Davis Chancellor may not be illegal but it is unseemly and amoral. We should never discount the aesthetic reaction of distaste when such behavior comes to light.
March 5th, 2016 at 2:02PM
glad to be of some help, when yer shoveling the Augean stables good to have comrades.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/hall-of-famer-nick-buoniconti-slams-fraud-nfl-concussion-settlement/ar-BBqmovA
March 6th, 2016 at 6:33PM
The University of Arizona’s president doesn’t seem to care and is quite happy to take 170k in compensation for being on Devry’s board:
http://tucson.com/news/local/education/college/ua-s-hart-accepts-post-with-school-ftc-is-suing/article_dc6ef673-f8d5-5500-b960-cbc06c7b8aa9.html
“I have received only congratulations and expressions of interest in what can be learned and the influence such an opportunity makes possible” Influence in which direction?
March 6th, 2016 at 8:52PM
Joe R.: Wow! Thanks for that link. But what can I say. Arizona – as the article makes clear – does things its own way. California has rules.
March 6th, 2016 at 10:52PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/07/business/dealbook/court-to-hear-suit-accusing-law-school-of-inflating-job-data.html
March 6th, 2016 at 11:54PM
dmf: Yes – another reader just sent me the same article…