Inquiries by The San Francsico Chronicle have apparently led to the sudden resignation of the number two—ranking official of the University of California system, the nation's most prominent higher education system. Nobody, apparently, was minding the store when it came to examining basic conflict—of—interest issues. This is scandalous behavior on the part of a professionally managed organization paying such high salaries to administrators presumably sophisticated in issues of governance and disclosure. U.C. Provost M.R.C. Greenwood resigned ...after the college system launched an investigation into possible favoritism in hiring. University officials said the conflict—of—interest inquiry had been opened after The Chronicle, in the course of researching an article, posed questions about the hiring of two people with ties to Greenwood —— her son as well as a friend with whom she owned rental property. According to UC President Robert...(Read Full Post)