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It's just a club of universities that consider themselves better than the rest, and they've invited us to join. It might enhance research collaborations or help bring in more grant money.
The largest part of a university president's job is dealing with donors. Anyone good candidate would already be aware that donors are powerful.
Replacing a research one president is like replacing a coach in the nfl. There are always plenty of interested, qualified people around.
It's all true - huntsman looks bad, etc, etc. But it's not...
On the other hand, it's nice to be reminded every once in a while that administrators are entirely replaceable. It's not like the university needs either Pershing or Lee.
It was well past time for...
Pershing has already been around longer than the average university president. It's unlikely he'll be around much longer, even without this incident. Might as well fire him now and keep the big donor...
Yeah, time to let go of Pershing and Lee. University presidents are easy to replace, and they are never well-liked for more than a few years. I'd drop him today.
Is there another law school in Utah?