Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein

<p>Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offender </p><p>Members of Bard College’s faculty have called on the group’s board of trustees to develop a “transition in leadership” plan for Leon Botstein but stopped short of calling for the college president to resign in the wake of revelations about his relationship with the late convicted sex offender <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/jeffrey-epstein">Jeffrey Epstein</a>.</p><p>The board of trustees announced on 19 February that it had <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/19/bard-college-wilmerhale-leon-botstein">retained the outside lawfirm of WilmerHale</a> to conduct an “independent review” into communications between Epstein and Botstein, who has served as the college’s president for 50 years.</p><p><em>Do you have a tip on this story? <br>
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