After Hobbs’ scathing rebuke, Arizona regents respond to demands for UA oversight changes

The Arizona Board of Regents has promised a swift response to Gov. Katie Hobbs’ demand for sweeping changes in the oversight of the University of Arizona’s financial crisis.

In a scathing letter sent to the regents on Thursday, Hobbs said there was “no coherent vision” for fixing the problem and called for a third-party consultant to step in, along with other measures, as she had lost trust for how UA and the regents were responding to the issue.

“This is no longer about finances, this is about a lack of accountability, transparency, and at the end of the day, leadership,” the governor wrote in a letter that cited reporting from The Arizona Republic and azcentral.com about the UA’s acquisition of a troubled online school.

On Friday, Board of Regents Chair Fred DuVal acknowledged the governor’s concerns about the financial crisis and accepted a degree of responsibility.

“This situation happened on our watch and we are going to fix it,” DuVal said in a released statement. “The governor is right to be focused on leadership that will allow our institutions of higher education to best serve our students.”

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