Hiring (and Firing) Bytes

Here’s the latest presidential news …

Mark B. Rosenberg, Florida International University’s former provost and, most recently, chancellor of the Florida system, has been tapped to become the university’s next president, the Associated Press reports.
Meanwhile, the AP also reports that Ronald Berkman, Florida International U.‘s current provost and executive vice president, has been picked to lead Cleveland State University. Berkman, who until last Friday was in the running for the FIU presidency, will take CSU’s helm on July 1 and receive a base salary of $400,000.
The State University of New York at Stony Brook is expected to name Samuel Stanley, vice chancellor for research at Washington University in St. Louis, as its next president, Newsday reports.
Televangelist Pat Robertson has said he will retire in July 2010 from his post as president of Regent University, the private Christian university he established in 1978, the Associated Press reports. Robertson will remain on the board of trustees and retain the position of chancellor.

Meanwhile, in other news …

The University of Toledo has announced that it will lay off about 100 workers in response a $16-million budget shortfall, the Toledo Blade reports. That’s fewer than the 300 layoffs that were originally predicted. No faculty jobs will be cut.
The University of Vermont’s vice president for finance and administration released a revised budget plan that he hopes will avert additional layoffs and possibly reinstate some of the part-time faculty who were let go in February, the Burlington Free Press reports.