The Chronicle: U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Admissions Scandal
Report Calls on All U. of Illinois Trustees to Resign
In his resignation letter, B. Joseph White wrote: “The notion that I would submit to pressure — or apply pressure — for admissions or anything else in order to please the high and mighty is dead wrong.”
The admissions scandal at the University of Illinois claimed its highest-ranking victim on Wednesday, when B. Joseph White, president of the three-campus system, announced he was resigning, effective December 31.