Spoiler Alert: Its not really about African-American representation on the Board of Trustees.
The chaotic goings-on within in the administration and Board of Trustees of the University of Louisville (and therefore also it’s academic medical center) increasingly resemble the plot of a television soap opera. In the setting of a succession of embarrassing external audits, criminal convictions, and a revolving door of questionable executive and lower-level hiring and firings; the senior executives of both the University itself and the Medical Center are struggling to keep their jobs. The former wants to manipulate the composition of the University Board of Trustees in his favor, and the latter is under investigation by the FBI and has not been heard of for weeks. I am not alone calling for resignations. It appears that the opportunity for face-saving transitions has passed.
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