January 26, 2007

Nevada Chancellor Gone Yesterday, Here Today

By PAUL FAIN and SARA LIPKA

James E. Rogers, chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education, resigned last week and then retracted his resignation less than two days later.

Mr. Rogers, who has served as chancellor since May 2004, submitted a two-word resignation letter simply saying "I quit" to the system's 13 regents on the morning of Sunday, January 14. Then, the following Monday night, he met over dinner at a Las Vegas restaurant with his two chief critics among the regents and reversed his decision with

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