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Was Robert Caslen a good president of USC? We examine the highs and the lows Lucas Daprile, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 19—Once everything is considered, did Robert Caslen do a good job as the president of the University of South Carolina? Or perhaps the better question is, given all the controversy that surrounded him becoming president, was it even feasible for him to be a popular or effective president? This story is a subscriber exclusive Was Caslen set to fail from day one? Caslen's reputation at USC suffers from the truth that people tend to remember the first and l...

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USC President Robert Caslen resigns, Pastides to serve in interim role Bristow Marchant and Lucas Daprile, The State (Columbia, S.C.) May 13—Robert Caslen resigned as president of the University of South Carolina on Wednesday, bringing his short but controversial stint at the helm of the state's flagship public university to a quick end. Caslen will be replaced in the interim by former USC President Harris Pastides, according to an email from USC spokesman Jeff Stensland. "Trust is the most important ingredient of effective leadership, and when it is lost, it is nearly impos...

Source: iStock The president of the University of South Carolina, Robert Caslen, has resigned after admitting he plagiarised part of a speech by a prominent US military leader during a commencement weekend speech. “Trust is the most important ingredient of effective leadership, and when it is lost, it is nearly impossible to lead,” Mr Caslen, a former superintendent of the US Military Academy at West Point, said in announcing his decision. Mr Caslen, the president at South Carolina since August 2019, said he would leave office immediately, after a few days of trying to quell a growing up...

The university's president, Robert Caslen, delivered a speech so bungled — with the wrong school name and closing remarks lifted nearly word-for-word from another famous commencement address — that it prompted widespread criticism from social media users to state legislators in South Carolina. Now, less than a week later, Caslen has resigned. "I am truly sorry," said Caslen, a retired Army lieutenant general, in a statement announcing his resignation. "I was searching for words about resilience in adversity and when they were transcribed into the speech, I failed to ensure its attribution...