Employers beware: Applicants often faking their qualifications

Gee left CU for the presidency of Ohio State, then left Ohio State for the presidency of Brown University, impressing the board of trustees at Brown with his expressed commitment to excellence at Brown. Gee’s expression of similar commitment at Ohio State, or for that matter, at Colorado, apparently didn’t give the Brown board cause for reflection.

After Gee assumed the Brown presidency, the Brown trustees learned Gee was in discussions about becoming Vanderbilt University’s president. They reminded Gee of his expressed commitment to Brown, and instructed him to halt discussions with Vanderbilt. Gee agreed, then announced later that he would…