‘A crisis of credibility’: Bard’s early college alumni letter urges President Botstein removal over Epstein ties

Bard College President Botstein’s continued leadership is no longer tenable

Editor’s Note: The following is an open letter addressed to the Bard College president, Board of Trustees, and Bard community. To the President, the Board of Trustees, and the Bard community, Simon’s Rock was the most significant and formative place in my education. It is a community I care about deeply and one that shaped how I think about responsibility, integrity, and what institutions owe to the people who trust them. I am writing from that …

‘A crisis of credibility’: Bard’s early college alumni letter urges President Botstein removal over Epstein ties

ANNANDALE-ON-HUDSON, N.Y. — A plethora of Bard College’s Simon’s Rock alumni have added their voices to a clarion call for the removal of College President Leon Botstein over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. In a March 6 letter to Botstein, the Bard College board of trustees and the larger Bard community, Simon’s Rock alumnus Gabriel J. Bach wrote: “The association between President Leon Botstein and Jeffrey Epstein, regardl…