Bard’s board voted to end Botstein’s tenure as president after independent review of Epstein ties

Bard College’s board of trustees “voted to end” the 51-year tenure of Leon Botstein, the school’s president, last month after board members were presented with the results of an independent review of his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein , according to emails seen by the Guardian. Botstein framed his departure as a long-planned retirement in a statement on 1 May. The move appears to have created a rift within the liberal arts college’s board of trustees. …