Two top administrators who stepped down from their posts last year at North Carolina State University amid a scandal over the hiring of the governor’s wife have returned as professors, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. James L. Oblinger, the former chancellor, is performing food-science research and assisting in strategic planning at the North Carolina Research Campus, in Kannapolis. Larry A. Nielsen, the former provost, is a professor in N.C. State’s department of forestry and natural resources.
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7 Responses to 2 Top Administrators Who Resigned at N.C. State Return as Professors
dmaratto - January 21, 2010 at 7:29 pm
The exact same thing happened at University of Illinois. Joseph White and Richard Herman, the University system president and the Chancellor of the Urbana campus, respectively, both resigned amidst scandal and corruption in the admissions process last year, but got to stay ona s faculty for $250,000+ a year. Is there no way to get rid of these rats?
tony__ross - January 21, 2010 at 8:36 pm
many, if not all, academic administrators have retreat rights to the faculty. this is usually negotiated at the time of their hire and is in their contract.
johnga1949 - January 22, 2010 at 10:05 am
Administrators may be tenured in a faculty line somewhere in their discipline. This is not at all uncommon and serves to protect department chairs and others who sometimes make not so popular decisions. However, it does not protect administrators for illegal activity.
honore - January 22, 2010 at 11:18 am
and we still wonder why the academy is in such a state of low-regard? this lack of integrity at the top is rampant from coast to coast and trustees, donors and governing boards WHO COULD change these policies just pony up to the tail gater or snack trays and could care less…very sad commentary…oh and the students? They will just take out MORE loans and work MORE jobs to cover “rising costs”…what a joke, but no one is laughing
willynilly - January 22, 2010 at 12:07 pm
Isn’t this action analogous to replanting a malignant tumor into the body of the host from which it was previously removed?
11182967 - January 22, 2010 at 4:51 pm
In all fairness, some very good professors turn out not to be very good administrators. Sometimes a return to the faculty from adminstration benefits both groups. John Tee
jthelin - January 23, 2010 at 11:09 am
Let’s presume the former administrator is returning to the faculty (with tenure) — why allow one to maintain administrative salary (or, some high percentage such as 9/11 of that?) At one state university, the procedure is that when one returns, one receives the mean salary of the rank and department to which one returns. That would at least reduce some potential for excess — and for the appearance or reality of exploiting a faculty appointment.