Another PASSHE university given notification of possible retrenchment.
Layoffs possible for faculty at IUP – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.
I cannot resist the temptation of pairing the above article with this posting on the Indiana University web page on the same day:
You may recall that this particular former president, Tony Atwater, was given a strong vote of no confidence by the faculty. PASSHE’s response at that point? Give Atwater a sweetheart deal. Here’s a bit from a June 20 article posted on the Pittsburgh Tribune Opinion page:
The embattled Indiana University of Pennsylvania president, smacked with a recent no-confidence vote by faculty, will walk away with a full year’s salary ($253,428, less payroll deductions), reimbursement for COBRA medical-coverage premiums through June 2011, payment for earned but unused leave, plum retirement contributions and up to $15,000 in moving expenses.
The Pittsburgh Tribune Editorial Board titled the article, “Atwater’s Sweet Deal: Outrageous!” I’ll say. But apparently that editorial and disgust at the hypocritical behavior of a PASSHE administration that claims “budget crisis” while handing over sweet deals to their buddies at the top didn’t have an impact on what they do. Just another sign that the behavior we saw on Wall Street is not limited to stock brokers and traders. We’ve got plenty of them right here in Pennsylvania. Enough of the deceit.
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