Original sentence: Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman is executive vice president and provost at Iowa State University.Hoffman holds doctorate degrees in economics and history and was a professor prior to moving into academic administration.Hoffman is best known as the former president of the University of Colorado, a position to which she was appointed on September 1, 2000.Hoffman's presidency was marred by a football recruiting scandal in early 2004 on the Boulder campus.On March 7 2005, Hoffman announced her resignation, effective June 30, as president of the University of Colorado.The controversy revealed allegations of sex and alcohol use as recruiting tools by the university's football team, along with accusations of rape and sexual misconduct against players and coaching staff
Edited sentence: Elizabeth (Betsy) Hoffman is executive vice president and provost at Iowa State University in Ames.Hoffman became synonymous with the lingering scandal, even though she was not directly in charge of the campus where it occurred.Hoffman holds doctorate degrees in economics and history and had an accomplished career as a faculty member and researcher prior to moving into academic administration.Hoffman is best known as the former president of the three-campus University of Colorado System, a position to which she was appointed on September 1, 2000.Many observers felt she was used as a scapegoat by a timid and incompetent board of regents who were eager to shift blame for the scandal away from the athletic department and coach Gary Barnett...On March 7 2005, Hoffman announced her resignation, effective June 30, as president of the University of Colorado to return to the classroom at the Denver campus as an economics professor.Regarded as a tireless fundraiser and charismatic leader, Hoffman's otherwise stellar presidency was marred by a football recruiting scandal that erupted in early 2004 on the Boulder campus.The highly publicized controversy revealed lurid allegations of sex and alcohol use as recruiting tools by the university's football team, along with accusations of rape and sexual misconduct among players and coaching staff