Virtual College Dissolution Approved
Assured by the chair of the Planning and Priorities Committee that “no students will be stranded as a result of this action,” University Council unanimously approved the disestablishment of the Virtual College of Biotechnology (VCB).
John Rigby went on to tell Council Oct. 18 that the dissolution, which has been discussed for some months and will be effective by June 30, 2008, does not indicate a waning of the University’s commitment to biotechnology. “And I don’t particularly think we should look at this as a failure,” he added. “It was an experiment we tried and decided no, … there are better ways to deliver intercollege, interdisciplinary programs.”