UVA President John Casteen has already found a new role.
Sometime after August, when he is slated to retire after 20 years at the helm of the University, Casteen will join the Board of Directors of the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education.
"I am joining that board because state support for the regional services provided by the community colleges is not adequate-has not been since the late 1980s, and the result is damage to many Virginia communities where the need for the courses provided by community colleges is significant,” Casteen said in a statement.
“During this recession, a time when more people need community college courses and services, the state is cutting its support even more deeply than it has in the past. Private philanthropy is really the only available remedy for the state’s failure to pay realistic support costs. This foundation seeks that philanthropic support at the community level, where the needs are most pressing and most visible to people who can give."