NTHU president scrutinized by peers

CONTROVERSY: Although his actions were not illegal and did not violate university regulations, it showed a lack of commitment to faculty and students, an official said By Rachel Lin, Hung Mei-hsiu and Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer Add TT as Preferred Source National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) president Kao Wei-yuan (高為元) has sparked controversy among academics after launching a failed bid to become chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Manoa three days into his new term in Taiwan.The Chinese-language Liberty Times (sister paper of the Taipei Times) on Friday broke the story on Kao’s run for the chancellorship of the US-based institute.The University of Hawaii at Manoa, which in May selected Kao as the third finalist for the position, selected Vassilis Syrmos as its