A violation of university policy has been under investigation concerning grade changes and Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp hasn’t said a word about it.
Neither have any alumni.
The ordeal began during the summer of this year and new information was recently released in the news, yet Kopp seems quite nonchalant about the whole thing. He has issued no statement about his thoughts of the situation or actions being taken by administration to resolve the potential future issues. The only statement released from his office basically said that other questions from journalists, political persons or other internal disagreements need to stop because “we are confident that there was no inappropriate action, and consider the matter closed.”
If Kopp and everyone else are so confident that it is cleared, then why not express some thoughts about how the situation was handled and what to do to prevent future issues such as this? Why give a generic statement about such a huge issue?
Furthermore, no alumni have had any comments about it. A potential grade scandal has taken place at their alma mater and they have said nothing. It’s as if no one thinks this is a big deal, but when Gov. Joe Manchin and his daughter were involved in this very same ordeal at West Virginia University, there was a serious uproar. It’s the same thing, just at Marshall and on a smaller political scale.
So, even if it is “closed” and “no inappropriate action” went on, someone, especially Kopp, should have more of an opinion about it and offer some explanation to how this even came up in the first place, if no one was guilty of these accusations. Step up to the plate.
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Grade change issue lacks reaction by administration, alumni
Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Updated: Thursday, October 29, 2009 02:10
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