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Binghamton U Coach Gets $1.2 Million to Resign

Posted on October 29, 2010 by | Comments Off on Binghamton U Coach Gets $1.2 Million to Resign

The New York Times: Binghamton Coach Gets $1.2 Million to Resign

The tumultuous tenure of Kevin Broadus, the coach who oversaw the Binghamton basketball program’s first N.C.A.A. tournament berth and also its subsequent implosion, has ended.

On Thursday, the university announced that Broadus had received a $1.2 million settlement to resign from the university. Binghamton’s president, C. Peter Magrath, said that Broadus would receive $819,115 from the Binghamton athletic department and that $380,884 would be paid by the State University of New York.

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Malone U. President Steps Down Amid Plagiarism Accusations Malone U.Gary W. Streit announced his retirement as president, effective immediately.Enlarge Photo By Jill Laster The president of Malone University, a small liberal-arts institution in Canton, Ohio, announced his resignation on Monday after concerns surfaced that he had used unattributed materials in some of his speeches. The president, Gary W. Streit, is retiring immediately. Wilbert J. Friesen, the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been appointed to serve as interim president.

Posted on February 22, 2010 by | Comments Off on Malone U. President Steps Down Amid Plagiarism Accusations Malone U.Gary W. Streit announced his retirement as president, effective immediately.Enlarge Photo By Jill Laster The president of Malone University, a small liberal-arts institution in Canton, Ohio, announced his resignation on Monday after concerns surfaced that he had used unattributed materials in some of his speeches. The president, Gary W. Streit, is retiring immediately. Wilbert J. Friesen, the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been appointed to serve as interim president.

The Chronicle: Malone U. President Steps Down Amid Plagiarism Accusations

The president of Malone University, a small liberal-arts institution in Canton, Ohio, announced his resignation on Monday after concerns surfaced that he had used unattributed materials in some of his speeches.

The president, Gary W. Streit, is retiring immediately. Wilbert J. Friesen, the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been appointed to serve as interim president.

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Comments Off on Malone U. President Steps Down Amid Plagiarism Accusations Malone U.Gary W. Streit announced his retirement as president, effective immediately.Enlarge Photo By Jill Laster The president of Malone University, a small liberal-arts institution in Canton, Ohio, announced his resignation on Monday after concerns surfaced that he had used unattributed materials in some of his speeches. The president, Gary W. Streit, is retiring immediately. Wilbert J. Friesen, the university’s provost and vice president for academic affairs, has been appointed to serve as interim president.

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SUNY-Binghamton President Will Retire After Year of Controversy

Posted on January 14, 2010 by | Comments Off on SUNY-Binghamton President Will Retire After Year of Controversy

The Chronicle: SUNY-Binghamton President Will Retire After Year of Controversy

Lois B. DeFleur announced today that she would step down as president of Binghamton University in July, after 20 years in office. Ms. DeFleur cited personal reasons for her retirement, including her coming marriage and her mother’s fragile health. But in the last year, Ms. DeFleur’s presidency and Binghamton have been plagued with controversy. A female fund raiser sued the university last summer, alleging that senior officials in the athletics department had tried to use her as a sexual “plaything” to help solicit contributions from donors. Last fall the university terminated an adjunct who complained she had been pressured to pass basketball players who skipped classes. The university later reinstated her. But at the same time the university dismissed six basketball players, including one who had been arrested for selling crack cocaine, and it reassigned its athletics director. Nancy L. Zimpher, the State University of New York system’s chancellor, also announced that an outside auditor would examine the basketball program.

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Controversial Radford University provost to step down

Posted on December 8, 2009 by | Comments Off on Controversial Radford University provost to step down

Roanoke Times: Radford University provost to step down

Radford University Provost Wil Stanton will resign, effective Dec. 31, according to an e-mail from Stanton to the RU community.

Stanton said he will remain at the university as a full-time professor in the college of business.

In a letter to the university community, Stanton said he regrets the decision to leave the provost’s position.

Over the past two months, Stanton has been embroiled in controversy.

On Oct. 22, the university’s faculty senate took a “no confidence” vote against Stanton and asked President Penelope Kyle to replace him.

Some faculty have accused Stanton, the school’s chief academic officer, of refusing to take a stand in favor of the faculty during a series of controversial administrative decisions, including an expedited review program last spring that eliminated programs.

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California: President of Cuesta College resigns

Posted on November 17, 2009 by | Comments Off on California: President of Cuesta College resigns

The Tribune (San Luis Obispo): President of Cuesta College resigns

Saying he is not an effective leader at Cuesta, Pelham takes job directing a college in Abu Dhabi

Cuesta College President David Pelham has resigned, telling board members and college staff in an e-mail Monday evening that he is “not the best person to lead Cuesta College.”
He told Cuesta College Board of Trustees President Pat Mullen of his decision Sunday night.
Pelham will leave at the end of December. His tenure, which began March 3, 2008, will be the shortest of any of the five presidents in the college’s 45-year history.

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North Dakota State U. President Resigns Amid Uproar Over New House

Posted on October 15, 2009 by | Comments Off on North Dakota State U. President Resigns Amid Uproar Over New House

The Chronicle: North Dakota State U. President Resigns Amid Uproar Over New House

North Dakota State University’s longtime president, Joseph A. Chapman, resigned on Wednesday amid mounting criticism over his expensive new presidential residence. State officials have called for an audit of the home-construction project, whose cost overruns have swelled the price tag to more than $2-million, compared with a target of $900,000

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U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Admissions Scandal

Posted on September 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Admissions Scandal

The Chronicle: U. of Illinois President Resigns in Wake of Admissions Scandal
Report Calls on All U. of Illinois Trustees to Resign

In his resignation letter, B. Joseph White wrote: “The notion that I would submit to pressure — or apply pressure — for admissions or anything else in order to please the high and mighty is dead wrong.”

The admissions scandal at the University of Illinois claimed its highest-ranking victim on Wednesday, when B. Joseph White, president of the three-campus system, announced he was resigning, effective December 31.

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B. Joseph White resigns as president of the University of Illinois

Posted on September 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on B. Joseph White resigns as president of the University of Illinois

B. Joseph White resigns as president of the University of Illinois

Trustees to consider interim appointment, plan search for successor

URBANA, Ill. —University of Illinois President B. Joseph White will resign as the 16th president of the university effective Dec. 31 of this year, but he will remain involved with the University in roles that include fundraising and teaching. The Board of Trustees is expected to consider an interim appointment to lead the University during a search for a new president.

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Colorado higher-ed director Skaggs resigns

Posted on August 31, 2009 by | Comments Off on Colorado higher-ed director Skaggs resigns

Denver Post: Colorado higher-ed director Skaggs resigns

The official, often at odds with state college presidents, cites a dispute with Gov. Bill Ritter.

Citing a dispute with Gov. Bill Ritter about “a matter which . . . we could not agree,” higher-education chief David Skaggs announced his resignation Friday afternoon.

Neither the governor’s office nor the Department of Higher Education would elaborate on the disagreement. Skaggs had been at the helm of the department for 2 1/2 years.

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Board Chairman Quits at U. of Illinois Amid Scandal Over Favoritism in Admissions

Posted on August 3, 2009 by | Comments Off on Board Chairman Quits at U. of Illinois Amid Scandal Over Favoritism in Admissions

The Chronicle: Board Chairman Quits at U. of Illinois Amid Scandal Over Favoritism in Admissions

Three days after an investigative commission called on all politically appointed trustees of the University of Illinois to quit, the board chairman announced his resignation today, amid a scandal over the admission of politically connected applicants who were unqualified academically. According to the Chicago Tribune, which has uncovered a host of examples of students getting admitted because of who they knew, not what they knew, the board chairman, Niranjan Shah, sought advantages for both relatives and friends. His resignation comes days before the investigative panel is expected to release a final report on the affair.

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Greensboro College pres quits under fire

Posted on July 9, 2009 by | Comments Off on Greensboro College pres quits under fire

Greensboro News-Record: Williams retires as president of Greensboro College

Craven Williams, who helped revive an ailing Greensboro College when he became president in 1993 but in recent years watched the Methodist-affiliated school sink into mounting debt, abruptly retired Tuesday.

Less than two weeks after Williams, 69, dismissed suggestions that he step down, the college announced his retirement in a campus news release. It is effective immediately, according to a college spokeswoman.

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President of Texas A&M’s Flagship Resigns Under Pressure

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The Chronicle: President of Texas A&M’s Flagship Resigns Under Pressure

The embattled president of Texas A&M University at College Station, Elsa A. Murano, has resigned, effective today. Her announcement on Sunday came one day before a special meeting of the system’s Board of Regents during which she was expected to be fired or forced to resign.

Inside Higher Ed: Texas Showdown

An unusually public battle between the president of Texas A&M University’s flagship campus and her boss, Chancellor Mike McKinney, ended Sunday as the president announced her resignation, effective today. Elsa Murano’s job had been in limbo since McKinney, the system head, gave her a particularly stinging evaluation.

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UW-Stevens Point chancellor resigns amid turmoil surrounding traffic accident

Posted on April 23, 2009 by | Comments Off on UW-Stevens Point chancellor resigns amid turmoil surrounding traffic accident

AP: UW-Stevens Point chancellor resigns amid turmoil surrounding traffic accident

MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Chancellor Linda Bunnell announced her resignation today amid criticism from students and donors and questions about how she handled a traffic accident.

Bunnell, who has been chancellor since 2004, said she was stepping down effective May 31. The announcement was an abrupt turnaround from last week, when she said she planned to lead the central Wisconsin school known for its environmental programs another five years.

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Professor Whose Article Was Retracted Resigns From Harvard Medical School

Posted on March 16, 2009 by | Comments Off on Professor Whose Article Was Retracted Resigns From Harvard Medical School

Harvard Crimson: HMS Professor Simon Resigns

A Harvard Medical School professor accused of plagiarizing a review of rheumatoid arthritis treatments turned in his resignation last week, over a year after the alleged infraction.

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Kent State Stark Campus dean resigns after spray-painting parking sign

Posted on February 25, 2009 by | Comments Off on Kent State Stark Campus dean resigns after spray-painting parking sign

CantonRep.com: Kent State Stark Campus dean resigns after spray-painting parking sign

The dean of the Kent State University Stark Campus, who resigned abruptly last week, did so after being stopped by security while spray-painting a parking sign on neighboring Stark State College of Technology’s campus.

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