Why yes Virginia, things can always get worse: Board of Regents Hire Phil Austin - Wait, What?

Why yes Virginia, things can always get worse: Board of Regents Hire Phil Austin - Wait, What?:

Why yes Virginia, things can always get worse: Board of Regents Hire Phil Austin

by jonpelto

When I read the Courant news update, I started to laugh….but it soon turned into hysterical howling;

The Courant wrote;

“At an emergency meeting Friday afternoon, the board of regents sought to restore its image and some order, voting to hire former University of Connecticut President Philip E. Austin on an interim basis and appointing a committee to research the issues that led to Kennedy’s resignation.”

As expected, the ill-fated merger of the Connecticut State University System and the Connecticut Community and Technical College System was crashing and burning.

Robert Kennedy, the President of the Board of Regents, had