UVA president

[Anonymous]

16:31 here... as outlined earlier and as appears to have been deleted, one of the main instigators, Paul Tudor Jones II, is a convicted environmental criminal (Clean Water Act violator) who is used to being arrogant and disregarding the rules even when he's told they apply to him and he's violating them.

OTOH, Paul Goldman had an interesting piece (on Blue Virginia among others?) noting that Pres. Sullivan pretty much rolled over and failed to defend herself.

So there is no pure white hat here though the BOV's actions stink to high heaven and smack of some unstated agenda that they prefer to unfold behind the scenes rather than in the disinfecting shine of sunlight, where the actions and rationales are public and have to be defended, and where individuals are accountable.

In the meantime Gov. Vaginal Probe ducks and weaves and tries not to have any fingerprints on it and UVa starts to look like a second rate outpost of Strayer University or one of the other for-profit excuses for higher education.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have some knowledge of the inner workings of the administration, including some of the personnel she brought in. I'm not shocked to see her gone.

This is funny. "I am an anonymous insider who has no real information to provide, but trust me this was a great decision." Except for the anonymous part, this is exactly what Dragas is saying.

[Anonymous]

^^^^^

and look how well it's working out for her, lol ... ;-o

[Anonymous]

The UVa regents win this year's Hewlett_Packard award for Most Dysfunctional Board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:16:31 here... as outlined earlier and as appears to have been deleted, one of the main instigators, Paul Tudor Jones II, is a convicted environmental criminal (Clean Water Act violator) who is used to being arrogant and disregarding the rules even when he's told they apply to him and he's violating them.

OTOH, Paul Goldman had an interesting piece (on Blue Virginia among others?) noting that Pres. Sullivan pretty much rolled over and failed to defend herself.

So there is no pure white hat here though the BOV's actions stink to high heaven and smack of some unstated agenda that they prefer to unfold behind the scenes rather than in the disinfecting shine of sunlight, where the actions and rationales are public and have to be defended, and where individuals are accountable.

In the meantime Gov. Vaginal Probe ducks and weaves and tries not to have any fingerprints on it and UVa starts to look like a second rate outpost of Strayer University or one of the other for-profit excuses for higher education.

You know, it's pretty clear to me that in the Dragas-Sullivan battle, that Sullivan won with her passive, Ghandi and Taoist-like approach. The war is not over, but I think the Goldman Sachs-Tudor-Kiernan cabal was dealt a serious blow in their quest to turn UVA into an online for-profit school.

[Anonymous]

Yup... I went to college with Kiernan, didn't know him well but didn't think he'd turn out to be such a douchebag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yup... I went to college with Kiernan, didn't know him well but didn't think he'd turn out to be such a douchebag.

WaPo mentions in paper today that those seeking her ouster have close ties to Darden, UVA's business school. Guess they'll have to use their own blunder as a case study.

[Anonymous]

I believe that privacy laws prevent the Board from discussing the rationale for a personnel decision. I know of another high-profile case where the dismissed individual used this to her advantage. The person was dismissed for cause, but claimed it wasn't true in the press, and the employer couldn't present the evidence to the contrary. It puts employers into a real bind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I believe that privacy laws prevent the Board from discussing the rationale for a personnel decision. I know of another high-profile case where the dismissed individual used this to her advantage. The person was dismissed for cause, but claimed it wasn't true in the press, and the employer couldn't present the evidence to the contrary. It puts employers into a real bind.

A few board members mishandled this situation from the get-go. Their failure to put the situation to a full vote of the board speaks volumes. I don't think Dragas and company deserve an out; they handled the situation like middle schoolers.