University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill has faced an increasing level of scrutiny in the days following the controversial House Education committee hearing, with several big-dollar alums threatening to rescind their donations. That includes asset manager Ross Stevens, an alumni of Penn’s prestigious Wharton School of business, who wrote a letter stating he would withdraw a $100 million partnership “absent a change in leadership and values at Penn in the very near future.”
On Thursday, CNN reported that Magill stayed on as president following an impromptu board meeting on Thursday. But with the money on the line, board chairman Scott Bok will reportedly speak with Magill on Friday, encouraging her to step down for her comment stating that speech calling for the genocide of Jews only violates Penn’s harassment policy if “the speech turns into conduct.”
