Napolitano Choice for UC President Favors Clout Over Academics
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Janet Napolitano’s national profile and government experience trump the fact that she’s never held an academic post as she prepares to lead the financially challenged University of California, college administrators and professors said.
The university’s Board of Regents will vote July 18 on the nomination of Napolitano, 55, the U.S. Homeland Security secretary and former governor of Arizona. She was unanimously recommended by a 10-member search committee, Regent Sherry Lansing said yesterday in a statement.