Athletic Scandal Could Become President's Downfall

In her decade as University of Miami president, Donna Shalala has strived to get a school once called “Suntan U’’ mentioned with the likes of Duke, Vanderbilt and Stanford. Now, the worst-case scenario: The scandal emerging from Miami’s football team could instead leave the university forever paired in the public’s eye with Southern Methodist University, so far the only school with a football program declared so irredeemable the NCAA shut it down. By many counts, she’s succeeded, not-so-quietly helping Miami improve its standing in recent years — arguably, as much as any major university in the country. Read more at: http://articles.boston.com/2011-08-27/sports/29935987_1_donna-shalala-university-of-miami-president-move