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When Benjamin A. Ladner first took the reins of American University (A.U.) in 1994, the Washington, D.C.-based private school was awash in turmoil and tainted by controversy. Board members did not expect Ladner to add to the scandal...
...came to stay,” Ladner said during his inaugural address in November 1994, according to The Washington Post. “I’m not going...
...However, Ladner did leave, although involuntarily, when he was ousted from the presidency by the university’s board...
...several-months-long investigation authorized by the trustees found expenditures deemed questionable—including French wine and dinners at upscale restaurants—that Ladner had charged to A.U. The board is currently seeking $125,000 in reimbursement from Ladner, and it plans to report an additional $398,000 in income to the Internal Revenue Service...
...Republican Rudy Giuliani for mayor of New York City. Flake, whose 10,000-member congregation supports an independent academy that offers an alternative to the area's lousy public schools, has emerged as a forceful advocate of vouchers. Others back Rod Paige, superintendent of schools in Houston. Or Joyce Ladner, a sociologist at the Brookings Institution, whose idea of reviving orphanages to rescue kids from dysfunctional homes was appropriated by Gingrich. The big question is whether Bush would be wise enough to add independent-minded blacks of that caliber to his inner circle or would he succumb...