My daughter is a student at UCD. Chancellor Katehi has been the subject of protest again this year, though without pepper spraying, I believe. (apparently, th

My daughter is a student at UCD. Chancellor Katehi has been the subject of protest again this year, though without pepper spraying, I believe. (apparently, these people can be taught a little bit) Apparently, Katehi had a part time advisor job for about 4 years for $400 K per year with a textbook publishing company... (wait for it!). And preferentially selected said company's more expensive textbooks. For some reason, some students were very unhappy about this apparent conflict of interested which resulted in them / their parents getting soaked for books. The administration has been displeased with the disorderliness of the protestors, who have been very disruptive. (not 1960s disruptive, but you get the idea) Ultimately, Katehi resigned from the position at the publisher. I think she agreed to donate some money to charity or some other token which didn't really amount to a clawback. Here's where my cynacism kicks in: if Katehi resigns, it's likely because the rest of the mob threw her under the bus to prevent further investigation which might ruin things for everybody. Otherwise, the students might be best served by an explicit policy with teeth to prevent this kind of conflict of interest in the future. Throwing out Katehi might well result in a round of "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss", simply starting over (for the next student class) where this one left off. So, ironically, I suppose it is a good sign that Katehi has NOT been forced to resign. Disclaimer: I am staff at the UC. That doesn't mean I can't see how things frequently dysfunction at the highest levels of US govt and biz, though.