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Facing widespread national scrutiny and intensifying calls for her resignation throughout the fall semester, Penn President Liz Magill announced on Dec. 9 that she would step down after being in office for only 16 months. Her tenure will be the shortest of any permanent University president in Penn's history and one marked by heightened levels of student activism on campus. Magill is also the first Penn president to resign beyond a government appointment.
Since Liz Magill and Scott Bok resigned from the positions of President and Board of Trustees Chair, respectively, our Opinion department staff columnists and the Editorial Board have weighed in with their thoughts on the situation. We will be updating this page throughout the week with additional commentary and perspectives.
Another day, another front page news story for the University of Pennsylvania: “What to know about Elizabeth Magill, the Penn president who resigned.”
To call this semester unprecedented would be an understatement.
Dear readers,
Penn has recently made national headlines after President Liz Magill and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok resigned from their positions, having faced increasing scrutiny and allegations of complicity in campus antisemitism.
After Penn President Liz Magill’s resignation, University alumni and donors expressed mixed opinions about her unprecedented departure.
Penn President Liz Magill’s resignation on Saturday sent ripples through the Penn community following months of mounting scrutiny.
On Saturday, Liz Magill issued her resignation as president of Penn, and in doing so, may have set the University on a path that could lead to censorship of students and staff alike.
After an incredibly tumultuous semester of conflict, clashes, and controversy, Penn has found itself in a leadership crisis. I spent time nearly every day this term thinking about the issue of antisemitism, social movements forming at Penn, and how our administration was under fire from donors and (eventually) politicians. In what has seemed like an impending doom since October, Liz Magill’s resignation on Saturday sparked reactions from every corner of our campus.
Members of Congress and Pennsylvania politicians across both parties applauded Penn President Liz Magill’s resignation.
Growing up watching international soccer, it would always bother me when a country had a foreign coach. All the players on the team had to be from the same country, so why didn’t the coach? I felt that foreign coaches did not have the same passion and care for the team, as did coaches from the same country. When there is a personal connection with a job, there is more of a desire for success.
Penn President Liz Magill and Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok announced their resignations on Saturday following months of mounting scrutiny over antisemitism on campus.
Julie Beren Platt will become the interim chair of the University Board of Trustees following the immediate resignation of Scott Bok, according to a message to the Penn community.
Penn Board of Trustees Chair Scott Bok announced his resignation at a trustees meeting just minutes after Penn President Liz Magill announced she would step down. Read Bok's full announcement, obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian:
Penn President Liz Magill announced her plans to resign in an email to the Penn community on Dec. 9. Minutes later, Scott Bok wrote he is stepping down from his position as the chair of the University Board of Trustees, according to a statement from Bok obtained by The Daily Pennsylvanian.
Penn President Liz Magill received substantial criticism for her interaction with Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) during Tuesday’s congressional hearings — days before she announced her resignation on Dec. 9.
While Penn men’s basketball put up a valiant effort against No. 16 Kentucky, the contest will be remembered as a double-digit loss in a game that the Quakers were never supposed to win in the first place, proving the team still has a long way to go.