Benno Schmidt Jr., top leader at Yale and CUNY, dies at 81
He also served as dean of Columbia Law School and helped start two for-profit private school ventures.
Source: washingtonpost.com
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He also served as dean of Columbia Law School and helped start two for-profit private school ventures.
During his six years leading Yale, he fought with the faculty over painful budget cuts, changes that left many people bitter but the university better off in its finances and academic direction.
A noted constitutional law scholar, he also led Columbia University Law School and two networks of for-profit private schools.