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Fired for doing his job
If our colleges and universities are going to do their jobs, they need trustees who will in turn do their jobs. Unfortunately, April has not been a good month on that front. First, Virginia Tech's board reversed itself on whether it was going to do its job. Now, Dartmouth has announced that reform-minded trustee Todd J. Zywicki, a law professor at George Mason University, will not be permitted to serve another term.
As Zywicki outlines in a statement on his website, he has not hesitated to speak out on the key issues facing Dartmouth, and higher education in general. In at least one instance, he has done so in a harsh manner, and he has apologized for it. What is unique about Zywicki is not that he is human, and has therefore on occasion erred; it is that (unlike so many other trustees) he has been willing to raise problems openly and to seek solutions. It is a terrible shame that his reward for that -- that is, for doing his job -- is to be denied a second term.
Posted by Anne D. Neal on April 14, 2009 at April 14, 2009 05:19 PM
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