Guskiewicz's exit 'completely avoidable,' MSU board chair Scott says

Michigan State University Board Chair Brianna Scott said Friday that President Kevin Guskiewicz's departure for Clemson University was "devastating" but "completely avoidable."

Guskiewicz's exit 'completely avoidable,' MSU board chair Scott says. Michigan State University Board Chair Brianna Scott said Friday that President Kevin Guskiewicz's departure for Clemson University was "devastating" but "completely avoidable." Scott told The Detroit News that she placed the blame squarely on the "unfettered" behavior of several of her fellow trustees, echoing what Guskiewicz said in his Wednesday goodbye message to the campus community. She said "three trustees" used their positions to undermine Guskiewicz and made it impossible for him to effectively lead the university. "I can’t think of any other institutions, whether that be public or private, that would have to deal with what he had to deal with and put up with it," she said. Guskiewicz and Scott did not name the trustees. But the former MSU president said he was...