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UI President White, Two Predecessors Testify Before Admissions Panel

Story air date: Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The governor’s panel investigating politically-tainted admissions at the University of Illinois convened at the school’s Urbana campus yesterday --- and heard from 30 years worth of leadership. University President Joseph White vowed to end the use of a so-called ‘clout list’ of politically connected applicants --- and set up a strict code of conduct for the admissions process. Meanwhile, the two men who served as president blamed the scandal on a politicized board of trustees --- and said at least some of the trustees should be removed. AM 580’s Jeff Bossert reports on the day-long testimony before the Illinois Admissions Review Commission: