Can the Trustees be trusted?

Perhaps many Pitt students have long felt that the administration is unresponsive to our… Perhaps many Pitt students have long felt that the administration is unresponsive to our needs. Events of the last few weeks have helped demonstrate this.

On July 2, Vice Provost and Dean of Students Sharon Johnson, who served in that post for only a year, accepted a position in the School of Education.

The details of her transfer are suspiciously sparse.

With Johnson’s departure, there will only be one woman vice provost out of six.

The lack of diversity of Pitt’s administration is even more apparent in the Board of Trustees.

The Board, which makes most of the important decisions for the University, is truly a “good ol’ boys” club. Of the 47 members listed in last year’s University factbook, five were women. One has since ended her term, so now there are only four. The Board’s racial