University of Kentucky President Dr. Eli Capilouto got the high-profile treatment from the Washington Post last week which essentially makes him the poster boy for the premature return of in-person college learning this month.
Michigan President Dr. Mark Schlissel would have been a natural for that role for his decision to send Michigan folks back to campus on Jan. 5. But he is now the poster boy for fired university presidents who engaged in alleged affairs with subordinates.
He could use the isolation.
Emil Guillermo
But then again, given the dramatic rise of COVID cases around the country, all of us could.
Only Capilouto seemed willing to go on record to advocate going back to school in the face of the pandemic’s most virulent Omicron spread. But Capilouto isn’t the only eager administrator to perhaps foolishly take COVID head on.
