This is so far out there that there must be something else going on. From his profile, the dean (Geoff Garrett) does not seem like someone who would be overly

This is so far out there that there must be something else going on. From his profile, the dean (Geoff Garrett) does not seem like someone who would be overly concerned with something like this. Could it be a play for Trump? If not, is there something special with the power relationship between the MBA students and the University? Could it be a large company paying for their employees degrees threatening to withdraw?