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University President Fired For 'Inappropriate Relationship'
Mark Schlissel has been removed as president of the University of Michigan
The president of the University of Michigan has been fired by the school's board of regents following an investigation into an alleged inappropriate relationship with a university employee. Per the Detroit Free Press, Dr. Mark Schlissel was removed by a unanimous vote announced Saturday evening following a Dec. 8 anonymous complaint and subsequent investigation. "We learned that Dr. Schlissel, over a period of years, used his University email account to communicate with that subordinate in a manner inconsistent with the dignity and reputation of the University," the announcement read.
Per the AP, a letter from the board dated Saturday included excerpts of emails exchanged between Schlissel and the employee. The employee wrote in a July 1, 2021, exchange that her heart hurts, according to the board, which said Schlissel responded: I know. mine too. He continued: This is my fault and that he was in pain too.
The university made select communications that led to the decision publicly available, with the name of the employee redacted. They include a message from Schlissel about a New Yorker article titled "Sexual Fantasies of Everyday New Yorkers." Per the AP, Schlissel had a base salary of $927,000 a year and had announced plans to step down in June 2023, a year before his contract was to expire. Prior to his time in Michigan, Schlissel had been provost at Brown University.
https://www.newser.com/story/315716/university-president-fired-for-inappropriate-relationship.html
https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-education-relationships-michigan-c2c5993c4012f60d0035818eab054d28
viva la
(3,293 posts)"Oh, not great. I got fired from my job, lost $1m a year, probably screwed up my marriage, ruined my career prospects, and revealed my maudlin private love drivel to everyone."
My day really wasn't so bad in contrast.
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)...but a genius, he isn't.
Monumentally bad judgment.
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)In July 2021, Schlissel himself introduced rules banning sexual relationships between subordinates and supervisors
In the letter, the board produced emails between Schlissel and his lover which were 'inconsistent with promoting the dignity and reputation of the university'
The emails showed the pair plotting via university email to coordinate trips together, with Schlissel saying he was 'lonely'
Schlissel in November 2021 says, of a Wayne State basketball match that 'the only reason I agreed to go was to go with you'
He and his lover order takeout food together, discuss trips and recipes, and muse about missing a flight connection in Paris together
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10408971/Married-Michigan-Uni-president-64-fired-927-000-year-job-affair-subordinate.html
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,339 posts)Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,664 posts)But at that salary, he should be rich, unless he's a spendthrift or gambler
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,664 posts)I was working, clearing 39k a year, with a Masters
NJCher
(35,667 posts)have the best sex life at home. Sex is a very powerful motive, I don't need to tell any of you here.
But it boils down to this:
used his University email account
OK, so you go to Yahoo, open a free account, and email away to your heart's content on the taxpayer's dime. That one simple mistake cost him near a million dollars, not to mention his reputation.
In our university teachers' union, we are scrupulous about never communicating one thing, not a single thing, about contracts, negotiations, or anything regarding union business on the school's email service. We do that because we know the administration can snoop on us at any time. What an advantage they would have if they knew what we were thinking about contract negotiations.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Now go away.
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)brush
(53,776 posts)of how cyberspace works. I mean most people have known for close to three decades now since office computer use and email became ubiquitous that nothing ever gets deleted as it's stored on some server/cloud somewhere. Hell, you can't really delete files on your own hard drive. Seems one would've learned that by osmosis almost in just from casual conversation.
Why did this guy not know this, and also not know how you can get free email accounts from many sources completely independent of your employers' systems?
Disaffected
(4,554 posts)Huh?
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)employee couldn't delete from hard drive
Disaffected
(4,554 posts)the HD wasn't really your "own".
Anyway, how did they suppress anyone from using File Explorer or some other file delete or wipe program?
Maybe that applied not to the user's PC but to the company's servers?
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)Disaffected
(4,554 posts)Even so, what stops you from running a or the Win defrag program? Or, a file wipe program for that matter?
Demovictory9
(32,454 posts)home. Even the laptop you took home... some functions blocked. employees don't have "Admin rights" at login
to even load a program, you take it to an IT person, who logs in under their credentials and loads the program.
Disaffected
(4,554 posts)Way back in the day when I had a PC at work, none of that restrictive stuff existed.
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llmart
(15,537 posts)and people wonder why tuition is so high. The salary isn't the only thing he received for his services either.