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...dispute over Goldin’s contract originated when Silber changed his mind and decided to remain on the Board of Trustees when Goldin took over as president—despite Silber??s former announcement that he would step down completely at that time. But Goldin demanded that Silber adhere to his original promise of leaving the university administration, angering some board members, according to the Boston Globe...
...Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of current BU President John Silber, who has also been the chancellor of BU for the past seven years and a member of the Board of the Trustees since 1971. The search for a new president partly stemmed from Silber??s desire to retire...
...Silber had abusive power. He made the Board of Trustees too big and too compliant,” a BU faculty member said on condition of anonymity. “It is one of Silber??s legacies that we still have to deal with...
...July, they agreed to provide him with first-class tickets. What ruffled their fiduciary feathers were his demands that former Chancellor of BU John Silber resign his office and that nearly all the school’s top administrators—who he felt were too closely tied to Silber??be fired...
Desperate measures these were, but they developed out of desperate times in the history of BU’s governance. BU’s Byzantine power structure had facilitated the unhealthy entrenchment of Silber??s power over three decades. In 1996, after Silber??s 25-year tenure as university president, the board of trustees created the position of “Chancellor” especially for him. The role allowed him to retain effective control over the BU administration while his chosen successor, Jon Westling, acted as president. When Westling was forced out of the presidency...
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