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July 23, 2008, 10:44 AM ET
Administrative Hirings and Firings
Trustees of Alabama State University, given an opportunity to settle their differences with the university’s departing president, and to settle a total of four lawsuits, opted instead to keep fighting, according to a report in The Chronicle’s News Blog.
The former president of Alabama A&M University is suing its trustees for allegedly conspiring against him, a report in The Chronicle’s News Blog says. Trustees had fired Robert R. Jennings after investigating perks received by his former executive assistant.
Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean who was hired, fired, and then rehired at the University of California at Irvine, is bringing top faculty talent to its fledgling law school, according to a report in The Chronicle’s News Blog.
Southwestern Illinois College has hired a new president: Georgia C. Costello, the wife of U.S. Rep. Jerry F. Costello, an 11-term Democrat whose district includes the community college’s three campuses, The Chronicle’s News Blog reports.
The president of the University of Central Arkansas has vowed to repay a $300,000 bonus he received from the institution’s trustees after questions arose about its legality, The Chronicle’s News Blog reports.
Categories: Administrative-hiring, General-interest
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