Post by Aggie One on Sept 15, 2016 9:27:35 GMT -5
FAMU trustees set to vote on Mangum's exit plan
Interim president could be named Thursday if board votes to remove Mangum
By Byron Dobson, Democrat senior writer
Florida A&M University’s board of trustees could vote before noon Thursday on an exit plan for President Elmira Mangum, whose bosses found she lacked the leadership and communications skills to continue in the role.
On Wednesday, members of the trustees’ Special Committee on Presidential Leadership voted 4-1 to approve terms of a plan under which Mangum would immediately step down. The action was precipitated in June, when the board took no action on extending her three-year contract, a move that automatically lets it expire in April.
In a separate 4-1 vote, the committee agreed to pay Mangum $6,500 in attorney’s fees. SGA President Jaylen Smith voted against the deal.
The plan calls for Mangum to step down and be placed on paid administrative leave until April. As a condition of her contract, Mangum would then be granted a one-year sabbatical at her full salary of $425,000. She would give board members notice by October 2017 instead of April 2018 if she intends to accept a tenured position in the College of Education.
If she accepts the tenured post, she would be paid 90 percent of her current annual salary for the first year. In her second year, she would earn as much as the top-paid professor at the university.
For the rest of the story:
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/14/famu-trustees-set-vote-mangums-exit-plan/90388984/
Interim president could be named Thursday if board votes to remove Mangum
By Byron Dobson, Democrat senior writer
Florida A&M University’s board of trustees could vote before noon Thursday on an exit plan for President Elmira Mangum, whose bosses found she lacked the leadership and communications skills to continue in the role.
On Wednesday, members of the trustees’ Special Committee on Presidential Leadership voted 4-1 to approve terms of a plan under which Mangum would immediately step down. The action was precipitated in June, when the board took no action on extending her three-year contract, a move that automatically lets it expire in April.
In a separate 4-1 vote, the committee agreed to pay Mangum $6,500 in attorney’s fees. SGA President Jaylen Smith voted against the deal.
The plan calls for Mangum to step down and be placed on paid administrative leave until April. As a condition of her contract, Mangum would then be granted a one-year sabbatical at her full salary of $425,000. She would give board members notice by October 2017 instead of April 2018 if she intends to accept a tenured position in the College of Education.
If she accepts the tenured post, she would be paid 90 percent of her current annual salary for the first year. In her second year, she would earn as much as the top-paid professor at the university.
For the rest of the story:
www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2016/09/14/famu-trustees-set-vote-mangums-exit-plan/90388984/
