March 28, 2003

Runaway Board?

By THOMAS BARTLETT and MEGAN ROONEY

Unilateral actions at Virginia Tech raise questions about the proper role of trustees

The meeting lasted just two hours. But what board members at Virginia Tech decided in that short time has outraged many students and professors, baffled administrators, and incited a war of words between the governor and the state's attorney general. The board's actions this month have also raised serious questions about who is running the university and the proper role of trustees.

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