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The irregularities surrounding recently-resigned UC provost M.R.C. Greenwood's tenure continue to accumulate. Greenwood resigned because of questions about whether she had inappropriately appointed a close friend and business associate to a lucrative job and used her influence to secure a paid internship for her son. Now it appears that Greenwood also accepted $125,000 in cash to facilitate her move from Santa Cruz to Oakland after she became provost--despite the fact that UC policy prohibits the allocation of relocation costs to UC employees who are moving within the system or who are already California residents. Greenwood not only received $125,000 toward the cost of her Oakland condo, but also got $17,950 to cover temporary housing, $9,527 to cover moving expenses, and a low-interest loan on her condo purchase. The extent of the violation becomes clear when one realizes that even if Greenwood had been eligible for a relocation allowance, UC policy stipulates that such allowances may never exceed 25% of the recipient's base salary. Greenwood received allowances worth 33% of her base salary.
The San Francisco Chronicle has begun asking questions, which only makes things more interesting. UC president Robert Dynes, who made the payment to Greenwood, is scrambling for cover, and is now saying that what he authorized for Greenwood was a "faculty housing assistance allowance"--even though Greenwood is working as an administrator, and even though Greenwood received far more money than that allowance, which is capped at around $50,000, provides. To complicate matters further, Dynes is not explaining why the payment was not reported publicly when Greenwood was hired; the UC regents gave the Chronicle the minutes of the closed 2004 meeting where Greenwood's salary was set and where the payment was allegedly discussed--but the minutes did not mention the payment.
Dynes says he was authorized to make the payment, period. But as Pat Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, told the paper, "These kinds of things don't help the confidence of the public."
Posted by acta online on November 19, 2005 at November 19, 2005 09:57 AM
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If you're an alumni (as I am), don't give to the corrupt UC. And if you're a California taxpayer, don't support any propositions or candidates that support the corrupt University of California.
Posted by: W.C. Varones at January 11, 2008 08:50 PM