Plots at U-VA

The University of Virginia seems to be in something of a repeat mode, according to Inside Higher Ed.  If you have been following our posts on this drama, the head of the university’s Board of Visitors fired the U-VA president and then unfired her when protests erupted.  At a critical point, the state governor became involved with a seeming threat to fire the whole board, including the head, if the issue was not resolved. Now that the president has not been fired, neither has the head of the Board who the governor has now reappointed.  Inside Higher Ed has a…

Those who have been following the University of Virginia drama of the firing and unfiring of the university’s president by the Board of Visitors (equivalent of the Regents) may be surprised by one aspect of the outcome. The unfired president and the head of the Board who led the charge in the firing are now – in public at least – acting like love birds. Exactly how happy the ending of this story really is will undoubtedly emerge once the media attention dies down. Inside Higher Ed has a detailed story today at:http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/27/uva-board-reinstates-president-sullivan-and-prepares-strategic-planning-effort I guess all you need…[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ98qac2UIM&w=320&h=195]

According to Inside Higher Ed, the U of Virginia Board of Visitors has unfired that university’s president.  Presumably, however, the controversy as to what happened in both the firing and the unfiring will echo for some time. The news item is at http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/26/uva-board-reinstates-sullivan-president

Inside Higher Ed carries two items on the ongoing controversy set in motion by the firing of the president of the University of Virginia by its Board of Visitors (the U-VA’s equivalent of the Regents).  One item suggests that a high-up underling – the chief financial officer of the university – was in cahoots with those members of the Board who carried out the firing.  See http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/06/25/questions-about-uvas-coo-strine-show-complicated-loyalties-administrators. The Board is due to meet tomorrow – possibly to undo what it did.  However, now it faces a missive from the state’s governor that says: “Let me be absolutely clear: I want…

The U of Virginia story just keeps rolling: Nearly two weeks after Teresa A. Sullivan was forced to resign as president of the University of Virginia, a push to reinstate her appears to have traction. The Board of Visitors [equivalent of the Regents]announced Thursday that it would meet on Tuesday to “discuss possible changes in the terms of employment of the president.” The announcement follows a statement Thursday from the college’s deans, who voiced support for Ms. Sullivan’s reappointment. The Faculty Senate has also endorsed her reinstatement… Full story at http://chronicle.com/article/What-If-Sullivan-Is/132517/ The University of Virginia library staff is archiving materials…