How a Successful Presidency Failed, One Day at a Time - Opinion

William G. Tierney, professor of higher education in the USC Rossier School of Education and a co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, writes:  Until his sudden downfall, C.L. Max Nikias enjoyed an extraordinarily successful presidency at the University of Southern California. During his eight-year tenure, he raised over $6 billion in a capital campaign, opening a new campus in record time. And yet, when Nikias sent a note to the campus community in mid-May outlining a USC gynecologist’s sexual misconduct and a plan to move forward from the scandal, the faculty erupted in protest.