George Cohen is the idol of many university professors these days. The law professor, only several weeks into his term as chair of the Faculty Senate at the University of Virginia, became the central figure in the faculty's ultimately successful efforts to get the university's governing board to reverse its June effort to force the resignation of President Teresa Sullivan - an event that captured national attention for more than two weeks. Many consider the Virginia faculty's sustained protests, calls for board members' resignations, support for Sullivan, and organized efforts during the ...
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