Democrat Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger removed Rector John Rocovich from the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors, accusing Rocovich of misconduct in a letter sent Wednesday.
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The letter came less than seven months after Spanberger spoke with the Washington Post, when she asserted her commitment to protect university independence, claiming her predecessor, Republican Glenn Youngkin, overstepped his bounds by influencing the policies and leadership of Virginia higher education.
“The governor’s role is to appoint people,” Spanberger told the Post last November regarding her approach to the composition of boards at state universities. “That’s it. That’s how it’s always been, until recently.”
However, that stance now appears to have changed.
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