These types of problems are the one consistent for USC. This one story is bad, but it brings up another bad story regarding Nikki Haley and the BOT and Darla's ouster from Board.
And I recall all of the political turmoil in the 80's surrounding President Holderman and his lavish Washington lobbying efforts, etc. Politics have always been a problem at USC. Just look at the recent Presidential search that was mired in controversy. The Capital City of Columbia and its Mayor got press related to it, the students at USC were heavily involved (negatvely) in the process. It was a dumpster fire. But why was that??? You never see that happening at CU.
It just seems that one entity is run like a lean business with goals in mind, and one is run like a largess government DMV. In my opinion, the fact that USC sits beside the state capitol in Columbia is why USC will always be run like a big incompetent government agency, and will never be run like a private entity commited to accomplishing goals no matter how difficult the challenge.
And I recall all of the political turmoil in the 80's surrounding President Holderman and his lavish Washington lobbying efforts, etc. Politics have always been a problem at USC. Just look at the recent Presidential search that was mired in controversy. The Capital City of Columbia and its Mayor got press related to it, the students at USC were heavily involved (negatvely) in the process. It was a dumpster fire. But why was that??? You never see that happening at CU.
It just seems that one entity is run like a lean business with goals in mind, and one is run like a largess government DMV. In my opinion, the fact that USC sits beside the state capitol in Columbia is why USC will always be run like a big incompetent government agency, and will never be run like a private entity commited to accomplishing goals no matter how difficult the challenge.