For the past 20 years, higher education has been a growth industry. At least, at UVA it has. And with that shift—as fundraising goals ballooned and buildings multiplied and the tie to state government waned—the top guy’s job has changed, too. When John Casteen took over from Robert M. O’Neil, it’s fair to say he became UVA’s chief academic officer. After all, at that point, UVA’s biggest capital campaign had a goal of $147 million, which is about what UVA strives to bring in daily in the current campaign. O’Neil himself made this point to Casteen in a conversation the two leaders had in Madison Hall back in March, which you can read here, in this week’s cover story.
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