Will Liz Magill’s career survive the weekend? Frankly, some must have been surprised to see her job as University of Pennsylvania president survive the week. After Magill’s contemptuous and contemptible testimony to Congress earlier in the week, calls for her termination have boiled up from the student body, the alumni, and even sotto voce from Democrat governor Josh Shapiro.
Only half-jokingly, I tweeted this out yesterday afternoon, a joking reference to a classic case of social-media cancellation:
— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) December 8, 2023
Magill has not ‘landed’ yet, but the crash may happen tomorrow instead. Faced with a donor revolt that has cost Penn a $100 million endowment and legislative action holding up another $31 million in state funds, the trustees will hold an emergency meeting to determine the best way out of the crisis Magill created. But .. wasn’t the board supposed to take action regarding Magill yesterday?
The University of Pennsylvania board of trustees will hold an emergency meeting Sunday to deliberate over the fate of President Liz Magill, as calls for her ouster have escalated following her widely panned…
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