Chancellor's bonus pay comes under fire
At the same time state lawmakers are pushing to shake up Florida's university system, some Republicans are questioning why the person who runs that system is getting an extra $200,000 on top of his annual state salary.
Chancellor Mark Rosenberg isn't getting the additional money from taxpayers but from private donations. University foundations are turning over the money to a private account maintained by the state Board of Governors, the appointed panel that oversees Florida's 11 public universities and that hired Rosenberg.
The contributions to the account, which are used mostly for Rosenberg but also for other board expenses, used to be mandatory, but legislators last year quietly changed the law to ban the practice. Universities don't all contribute equally. The board asks for contributions based on a university's enrollment.
Some lawmakers say it's hard for universities to turn down a request from the Board of Governors, because the panel makes budget recommendations and approves degree programs for colleges.
''It sounds like soft extortion to me,'' said Sen. Don Gaetz, a Niceville Republican and chairman of the Senate Pre-K-12 Education committee. More here.
Wait. I thought the Universities were being "cut to the bone?"
Posted by: | March 08, 2008 at 08:50 AM
Good for the Herald. Every other paper and ED board has let these people off the hook. There is so much corruption in the BOG. It's about time someone takes a look.
Posted by: | March 08, 2008 at 12:34 PM
The chancellor should be turnign over that "private money" to the public university for which it is donated - not his his private wallet!!!
Posted by: | March 08, 2008 at 06:12 PM
New news on Senator Mike's position at the University of Florida. No breach involved in Haridopolos' job.
http://www.floridatoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080309/COLUMNISTS0207/803090336
Posted by: J | March 10, 2008 at 10:50 AM