The board, apparently spurred by professor Wulf, wanted deep cuts in spending. Sullivan, the president, was moving slowly to implement cuts so she was pushed out by the board. Now Wulf has quit as well, seemingly due to some sort of internal drama within the board due to widespread public condemnation of the ouster of Sullivan.
Sorry. Professor Wulf sided with the board's agenda? That wasn't apparent in his resignation letter. It seemed like his resignation was a response to the board's removal of Sullivan.
He wasn't. He had nothing to do with this before the removal of Sullivan. He is retiring because he is upset the Board is trying to run UVA as a business rather than a university - different forms, different causes.
