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December 17, 2004

Embattled Chancellor Quits U. of Missouri at Kansas City

By PAUL FAIN

The chancellor of the University of Missouri at Kansas City announced this month that she was resigning after a series of no-confidence votes by several faculty groups in recent weeks.

Martha W. Gilliland will leave the top administrative position at the university on December 31, but she will remain at Kansas City as a tenured professor in the School of Computing and Engineering.

Ms. Gilliland, 60, has had a rocky relationship with the institution's faculty. Shortly after

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