Dive Brief:
- The provost for Connecticut’s Board of Regents for Higher Education resigned abruptly on Monday after less than eight months on the job.
- Michael Gargano, who was paid $224,554 per year, oversaw the state’s regional state universities, 12 community colleges and Charter Oak State College.
- Gargano did not comment, but some faculty leaders said he seemed frustrated with the lack of attention on Connecticut’s plan to transform and improve its higher education system, the Hartford Courant reported.
Dive Insight:
In a statement to regents staff on Monday, the board reported that Gargano resigned, effective immediately, “to pursue another opportunity.” Gargano was previously vice president for academics, faculty and student affairs at the University of Texas.
Turmoil at the leadership positions for Connecticut’s state schools dates back to Robert Kennedy, the regents president who resigned in the fall of 2012 after improperly paying salary increases of $250,000 to his top staffers. The current president, Gregory Gray, started in July 2013.
