If he misused funds turn it over to the state A.G. to prosecute.
ISU VP of Finance & Operations Settlement
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Typical nutless university BS. Fire him for cause. This racket of getting cashed out after you F up based on tge threat of litigation needs to end.
I share your frustration, but the reality is the university would end up having to pay more (possibly way more) in legal expenses to fire him with cause than they'd have pay in a settlement to have him walk away quietly. As a tax payer, would you still be okay if they chose the more expensive route?
I guess the question would be if he did something inappropriate with an employee, what grounds would he have for more money?
Very true.
As someone who has worked at the university a long time, I get frustrated that the Office of University Counsel has one, and only one, priority: protect the university legally.
That priority supercedes everything, and sometimes that means doing what is best legally rather than what is best morally or ethically. And that sucks.
That’s the problem, and this kind of thing is not unique. There were cases like this w faculty that flew under the radar. People that were no-brainers to fire, and they pay them out. People that supervise others at the university are expected to document cases and get people out when there is cause. Firing for cause happens all the time at the lower levels and there is not a thought or option of paying people to resign.
Unfortunately, that is usually the strategy when u are the deep pocket, and a public institution.
And people wonder why college is more expensive. Admin roles get paid like this and I’m sure annual raises.
And they can just jack up tuition and add a few more nonsensical "fees" to make up for it and pass the cost on to the students.
You are so right. I had to terminate a few employees myself (at much lower levels) who were extremely bad. But the process was extremely long, very unpleasant , and required enormous amounts of documentation on my part. And still at the end, I was threatened with law suit.
Having gone through that a few times, it became very easy to understand the temptation to take the easy way out and just pay the horrible employee a cash settlement to just go away.
This isn't always the case, but there are so many times when it seems there's an inverse relationship between the level of a person's position and the level of their courage and integrity.
So he was inadequate at his job and he had “fun” with girls and still gets paid $100K+? Where can I sign up?
I mean, that’s not a normal admin job. That’s one of the top 5 admin jobs at the university. Also, I know from experience that university raises aren’t great. Most years 1-3%. I think this year is 1%.
Mostly I’d say it’s a problem in university structures and leadership. They get leadership positions based on success in research, which does not necessarily require success in leadership. Some are great, but some are absolutely horrible and don’t know the absolute basics of leadership, performance management or even the legal/HR 101.
Tuition increases at the Big 3 in Iowa probably has more to do with State funding.
And also got a buddy some high paying job. I would say the type of incompetence in this Norman case is pretty typical of all ISU leadership over the years, but Leath took it to the next level of absolute tax robbery.
