UPDATE: There is something very, very wrong going on at Connecticut’s Board of Regents. - Wait, What?

There is something very, very wrong going on at Connecticut’s Board of Regents. - Wait, What?:

There is something very, very wrong going on at Connecticut’s Board of Regents.

by jonpelto

Last week came the media reports that the Board of Regents for Higher Education, the entity responsible for overseeing Connecticut’s newly merged public state university and community college system was engaged in an unprecedented effort to remove the individual community college presidents, because some had raised concerns about some controversial policies that the new central office was pushing.

On top of that came the disturbing news that one of the top administrators in that central office, Executive Vice President Michael P. Meotti, has received a $49,000 pay increase last week, an unprecedented pay increase at a time where salaries for all state 

Anyone remember Gilda Radner (as Emily Litella) “Oh,Never Mind”

from Wait, What? by jonpelto

Gilda Radner as Emily Litella:

“What is all this fuss I hear about the Supreme Court decision on a “deaf” penalty? It’s terrible! Deaf people have enough problems as it is!”The news anchor (Chevy Chase or Jane Curtin) interrupted Litella to point out her error, along the lines, “That’s death, Ms. Litella, not deaf … death.” Litella would wrinkle her nose, say something like, “Oh, that’s very different….” then meekly turn to the camera and say, “Never mind.”

THIS PRESS RELEASE JUST IN…

STATEMENT OF BOARD OF REGENTS CHAIRMAN LEWIS J. ROBINSON

AND PRESIDENT ROBERT A. KENNEDY

 (Hartford, CT) – Chairman of the Board of Regents, Lewis J. Robinson, and President Robert A. Kennedy today issued the statement below responding to recent media reports.

“First, Executive Vice President Michael P. Meotti has chosen to forgo his raise in salary. We appreciate this action, and have agreed to it. The Board of Regents will be reviewing all other personnel salary adjustments that were made on the basis of additional duties, responsibilities, and roles assigned resulting from the consolidation.

“Secondly, it’s important to us to apologize for any miscommunication that has occurred

Regent-gate: Up to 22 Board of Regent employees may have gotten raises.

by jonpelto

Categories: Budget Cuts, Higher Education, Malloy Tags: Budget cuts, Higher Education, Malloy The controversy surrounding pay raises at Malloy’s new Board of Regents goes well beyond the one Vice President who received a $49,000 pay raise last week. Unconfirmed reports are that up to 22 Board of Regent employees received pay raises, some well into the tens of thousands of dollars. As the CTMirror is reporting, “the [...]