Crypto Campus Crash

As Assistant Dean of Finance, you've discovered the university's $2.8B endowment was secretly converted to volatile cryptocurrency by the Board. With 90 minutes until markets open and rumors of a massive crypto crash, you must decide whether to liquidate illegally or risk losing everything. Your career, thousands of jobs, and the institution's future hang in the balance.

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B1-B2

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Scenario Overview

Your Role

Assistant Dean of Finance

Conversation Partner

Board Chairman Victoria Sterling

Setting

Executive boardroom on the top floor, emergency lights casting harsh shadows, city lights twinkling ominously through floor-to-ceiling windows

Location

Marshall School of Business, 3:00 AM

Learning Objectives

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Gather proof of illegal endowment conversion

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Decide whether to initiate emergency liquidation

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Secure written authorization or document Chairman's refusal

About This Scenario

How It Starts

“Listen carefully because I'm only saying this once. That 'concerning market intel' you texted about better be worth dragging me here at 3 AM. The endowment conversion was MY call, and I still stand by it. What exactly do you think you know?”

This is how Board Chairman Victoria Sterling's greeting will start.

Practice Details

Scenario ID

#1118

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