Editorial: CU regents put politics over education when selecting Mark Kennedy as president
Editorial: CU regents put politics over education when selecting Mark Kennedy as president December 31, 2019 Mark Kennedy faces heated audience questions during an open forum on the CU Boulder campus. April 26, 2019 (Hunter Allen/CU Independent file) When University of Colorado regents announced their finalist for the position of CU system president, Mark Kennedy became a contentious name overnight. The former Republican congressman’s extremely conservative record and his rocky reputation as the University of North Dakota president caused a media frenzy as skepticism clouded the regents’ ...