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Mar 7, 2005 11:50 am US/Mountain It has been a tumultuous tenure for the University of Colorado and President Elizabeth "Betsy" Hoffman. The state's most high-profile center of higher learning has been embroiled in one controversy after another since Hoffman arrived: football recruiting; slush funds; Prof. Ward Churchill; and binge drinking that led to a student's death. On Monday, Hoffman decided she had had enough. In a statement delivered to the university's Board of Regents, Hoffman said her resignation would be effective June 30, 2005, or whenever the Board names a successor. "It has become clear to me that, amid...

Full text of CU President Hoffman's letter of resignation sent to the CU Board of Regents Monday March 7, 2005. To the Board of Regents: I have spoken many times about my view of principled leadership. It has become clear to me that, amid the serious matters the University of Colorado now confronts, my role as the leader of the University has become an issue. It appears to me it is in the University's best interest that I remove the issue of my future from the debate so that nothing inhibits CU's ability to successfully create the bright future it...

Betsy Hoffman Submits Resignation To Regents The president of the University of Colorado-Boulder has submitted her resignation, effective June 30, or as soon as a replacement is named. "It has become clear to me that, amid the serious matters the University of Colorado now confronts, my role as the leader of the University has become an issue. It appears to me it is in the University’s best interest that I remove the issue of my future from the debate so that nothing inhibits CU’s ability to successfully create the bright future it so deserves," Hoffman said in letter to the...

Fox says she is resigning because of BOTH the controversies! And Ward is STILL there!