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September 29, 2008, 12:50 PM ET
Nevada's Controversial Chancellor to Step Down
James E. Rogers, the controversial chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education who has clashed with the board that appointed him and the state’s governor, says he plans to step down next year when his contract is up, the Reno Gazette-Journal reported.
“People may think I’m peculiar,” said Mr. Rogers, “but I never want them to think my motives were bad. My only interest has been to make the higher-education system in Nevada better.”
Mr. Rogers, a wealthy businessman who donates the salary he earns as chancellor back to the system, famously quit the job in a two-word memo in 2007, only to be coaxed back the following day. This year he has repeatedly clashed with Gov. James Gibbons over statewide budget cuts that could slash funds for the university system by up to 16 percent. —Charles Huckabee
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