Just when you think that The University of Louisville can't surprise you with the brazenness of their hiring practices any more, they go and do this. UL has hired
Leslie Strohm as its new General Counsel, the same woman at the center of the UNC Academic/Athletic Scandal As this
InsiderLouisville.com story showcases, Strohm was in the middle of one of the worst academic fraud cases in the history of American higher education. She guided the UNC legal staff through the publicity concerning the scandal and there have been allegations that she was intimately involved with the scandal. The main whistleblower of the scandal, Mary Willingham says that Strohm was part of the "cover-up" of the scandal
saying:
“It’s pretty clear now that the general counsel was a part of the cover-up (of the athletic scandal),” Willingham said, saying Strohm’s office first investigated UNC’s athletic-academic scandal, but did not unearth the biggest pieces of information that were brought forward in the Wainstein report.
“I voiced my concern (in 2013) that we still weren’t getting to the truth with our academics and athletics. They should have uncovered the truth. The truth is in the transcripts – it’s that simple.”
And so now here, with the University
under fire for not turning over documents related to an internal audit of potential misdoing (on a number of issues, including The Yum Center), the school has hired someone who is alleged to be adept at covering up wrongdoing. UL President James Ramsey said about the hire, “Leslie’s expertise and experience will be invaluable, as we continue our upward trajectory during difficult financial times.” That is surely true...she has been through the cover-up of one scandal...was she now hired to cover up another?
This UL Administration never ceases to amaze me.
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