Nearly two weeks after
Teresa A. Sullivan was forced to resign as president of the University of
Virginia, a push to reinstate her appears to have traction. The Board of
Visitors [equivalent of the Regents]
announced Thursday that it would meet on Tuesday to "discuss possible
changes in the terms of employment of the president." The announcement
follows a statement Thursday from the college's deans, who voiced support for
Ms. Sullivan's reappointment. The Faculty Senate has also endorsed her
reinstatement…
Full story at http://chronicle.com/article/What-If-Sullivan-Is/132517/
The University of
Virginia library staff is archiving materials related to the recent events that
forced Teresa A. Sullivan to resign as president of the institution. This is the first time the libraries have
tried to preserve materials from a large-scale, continuing event, said Bradley
Daigle, director of digital-curation services. The staff did not begin
collecting materials on the subject until a rally on June 18. As of June 22,
the team has archived nearly 20,000 tweets, 61 blog posts, over 200 media
posts, and about 100 physical objects, such as signs from protests. About a
dozen full-time staff members are working on the project, Mr. Daigle said. The
archivists are focusing on preserving third-party materials, such as newspaper
articles, because internal communication records already belong to the
university, covered under existing record-management policies…
Full story at http://chronicle.com/blogs/wiredcampus/author/achen
Apparently, it really ain’t over:
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