Weekly Briefing: Does a President Ever Recover From a Tainted Beginning?
A president is out, less than two years after his controversial appointment. Sean Rayford, Getty Images Lt. Gen. Robert L. Caslen Jr. resigned this week as president of the University of South Carolina. It was a short-lived but controversy-ridden experience for Caslen, who was appointed in July 2019. The last straw came a week ago during his commencement address, during which he referred to the South Carolina graduates as "the newest alumni from the University of California." FITSNews, a website that covers South Carolina politics, later reported that a chunk of the address had been plagiar...
Source: chronicle.com