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People sometimes refer to the arcana of DC as “inside Baseball.” If so, the battle over U. Va. and its board is Inside Little League. Briefly, the governor-appointed board fired the university’s president, Teresa Sullivan, last summer, then quickly reinstated her in the face of protests. The move to oust her was led by board member Helen Dragas, who is now in the news because she’s up for renewal. Predictably, the Washington Post hates her. Why predictably, and why should one care? Because this is really about who runs universities: the faculty or the stakeholders. And the WaPo, once again, is on the side of waste, corruption and evil.
The shape of modern university is the result of a bargain between administrators like Sullivan and the faculty, and goes like this: The administrator gets a $700,000 yr. salary and the faculty gets to do whatever it wants. The board, which is meant to police the bargain, is composed of supine, faineant Merovingians.
That’s reason enough to support Dragas, who wanted the University to run a little more efficiently. If that’s not enough, the WaPo hates her.
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Occam's Tool| 1.15.13 @ 12:42AM
I'd njeed to know a bit more, but it is always good to tee off the WaPO.
Eurohoo| 1.15.13 @ 4:10AM
I live in Europe and never read the Washington Post, so I have neither praise nor condemnation for that publication. However, the matter of Helen Dragas really has very little to do with your speculation, as her ham-handed firing of the UVa president last summer was never supported by any reason given by Ms. Dragas. You suppose a good motive, but if you were to follow the events more closely, you would understand that, much more likely, the entire episode had nothing to do with good, or efficient, or productive administration, but, rather, as it seems from her total silence on the subject and strange intransigence, to have been more a matter of pathological jealosy and dislike toward the president on a purely personal -- or physical appearance -- basis on the part of the dysfunctional Ms. Dragas. This is not (sorry, Washington) a left versus right fight. Right (as in correct) thinking Republicans and Democrats alike believe that Ms. Dragas is not fit for the position, and that her continued presence on the board will cause unbreakable deadlock of any governance matter whatsoever.