U-Va. board likely to name president Friday amid calls to pause search
The dean of the University of Virginia’s business school has emerged as the top candidate in the search for the flagship’s next president ahead of a board meeting Friday in Charlottesville, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Board of Visitors is scheduled to review candidates for the top job at the university, a role that has been vacant since James E. Ryan stepped down in the summer amid pressure from the Trump administration over diversity, equity and inclusion policies.
The board is likely to vote to appoint Scott C. Beardsley, the dean of the Darden School of Business since 2015, as president, according to two people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.