Word: propst
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Neither, apparently, did the Georgia board of regents. Chancellor H. Dean Propst announced an investigation of the developmental program for "the credibility of certain academic practices." Moreover, the regents, who were meeting when the judgment came down, deferred reappointment of the heads of all state-supported schools, most notably Fred C. Davison, the university's president. Davison did little to help his cause by stating that Georgia could not afford to "disarm unilaterally" by flunking stars while rivals kept theirs eligible. That argument was shot down by Propst: "It is neither an effective excuse nor a sound justification to argue...