<p>Calling for Dragas’ head is the wrong response that won’t do anything to improve UVA.</p>
<p>The BOV is like Congress – good people but bad system.</p>
<p>The correct and useful response is to fix the system – how people get on the BOV, what kinds of people can/must be on the BOV.</p>
<p>The root problem was that the board overwhelmingly consisted of contributors to VA gubernatorial campaigns because so many of the board seats are earmarked to alumni and VA residents. That’s not the right mix of people and experience to run a world class university as you can easily see if you look at the composition of other leading university boards. </p>
<p>What was most egregiously missing from the BOV were distinguished thought leaders in the higher ed industry, particularly people with experience from universities other than UVA.</p>