Appointment News

Donald R. Bobbitt, dean of the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, will become provost of the University of Texas at Arlington on July 1, The Dallas Morning News reports.
Kenneth I. Shine, executive vice chancellor for health affairs at the University of Texas system, will take over as interim chancellor of the 15-campus system when Mark G. Yudof vacates the post next month, the Associated Press reports. Yudof will stay on as Shine’s adviser until he departs for California this summer.
Alabama A&M University’s Board of Trustees has officially sacked President Robert R. Jennings over allegations of hiring and pay improprieties, The Birmingham News reports.
Meanwhile, Robert H. Sisk, interim president of Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College, will keep his post for now, despite his arrest last week for deleting computer files and petit larceny during his tenure as director of the South Branch Career and Technical Center, Paul Fain writes on The Chronicle’s News Blog.
And thanks to Brian Leiter’s Law School Reports and Feminist Law Professors for pointing out this fake but funny take on hiring at Harvard Law School.