Promising transparency at USM is a good first step for troubled campus’ interim president - Bangor Daily News Editorial

David Flanagan is stepping into what is perhaps the most thankless job in higher education in Maine. On Monday, he’ll take over as interim president of the University of Southern Maine, taking the helm that follows a year in which a mandate to cut the 9,000-student university’s budget by $14 million spiraled out of control into a long-term confrontation that gave the institution’s public image a black eye. The episode highlighted a blatant and deep-seated administrative wariness among some faculty members and students. https://bangordailynews.com/2014/07/23/opinion/editorials/promising-transparency-at-usm-is-a-good-first-step-for-troubled-campus-interim-president/?ref=moreInopinion