Leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were released
Bard College’s board of trustees “voted to end” the 51-year tenure of Leon Botstein, the school’s president, last month after board members were presented with the results of an independent review of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, according to emails seen by the Guardian. Botstein framed his departure as a long-planned retirement in a statement on 1 May.
The move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees.

Leon Botstein is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
The detail about leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were is something people should sit with.
Leon Botstein has been vocal about this, good to see them staying on it.
Basically the move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
So the bottom line is leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were. Wonder how this will land.
Bard College has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
When you look at leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were, the implications are hard to ignore.
So the bottom line is the move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees. Wonder how this will land.
The fact that leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were really puts things into perspective.
Reading that leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were — hard to argue with the logic there.
If the move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
On one hand the move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees. But at the same time leon Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were.
The bigger issue here is the move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees. That changes the calculation.
Still waiting to hear what Bard College actually plans to do about it.
Bard College is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.