November 26, 1999

William Bennett Quits Committee Seeking New Hillsdale College President

Hillsdale College, its reputation under attack after President George C. Roche III resigned this month amid rumors that he had had an affair with his daughter-in-law, hoped to regain some credibility by naming two prominent conservatives to the presidential search committee.

But that plan has gone awry. William J. Bennett, author and former U.S. Secretary of Education, quit the panel and criticized the college for not being more open about why Mr. Roche had

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