Leader of University of Michigan's Flint campus to step down in 2014
University of Michigan's Flint campus chancellor will step down in August 2014.
U-M President Mary Sue Coleman is expected to convene a search committee for Ruth Person's replacement this summer.
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Coleman visited Flint in December for Person's reappointment review and decided to extend her contract by one year.
Chancellors are typically awarded five-year appointments and it's standard practice for Coleman to conduct a review if the chancellor is interested in possible reappointment to a successive five-year term.
During Coleman's visit to Flint, she solicited feedback on Person's performance thus far. According to an MLive report, a UM-Flint faculty committee determined in 2012 that Person did a poor job interacting with faculty and community leaders and that she had "failed to articulate" a vision for the university.
"With this contract extension, she and I will work closely throughout the upcoming months to ensure a smooth transition that is focused on UM-Flint's future impact," Coleman said in a statement.
Person is in her fifth year as chancellor of the Flint campus. Prior to coming to Flint, Person served as Chancellor of Indiana University at Kokomo for nine years.
"It has been a privilege to serve in this role, and rewarding to see such progress and momentum," Person said in an address to her Flint colleagues.
Person earns $265,296 annually.
Kellie Woodhouse covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at kelliewoodhouse@annarbor.com or 734-623-4602 and follow her on twitter.
Comments
rs
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 : 5:21 p.m.
Romulan or Vulcan?
A2comments
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 : 12:24 p.m.
She isn't performing, so she gets a contract extension? It took 5 years to figure that out? And President Coleman had to be told this by a committee? REALLY?
Fresh Start
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 : 12:50 a.m.
What's with the eyebrows? Is that a wax statue?
TheDiagSquirrel
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 : 12:14 a.m.
That is a very unflattering picture
Cash
Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 9:44 p.m.
That's a heck of a salary for having no vision.
JBK
Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 9:16 p.m.
This kind of reminds me of a "lame duck" coach in sports. Everybody knows the person is leaving, so they just march to the beat of a different drummer. They tune the person out and do what they want. And I quote,"During Coleman's visit to Flint, she solicited feedback on Person's performance thus far. According to an MLive report, a UM-Flint faculty committee determined in 2012 that Person did a poor job interacting with faculty and community leaders and that she had "failed to articulate" a vision for the university. " Why not just send someone from the Board (A2) to Flint for one year to run the operation. I would think it would be cheaper. From the review that she received, it sounds like she did nothing, so putting someone in Flint for a year would at least be a wash.
Mike
Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 9:02 p.m.
Another $265K per year experiment gone awry............good thing people will continue to work a little harder and dig a little deeper to pay for these mistakes in higher tutition costs. But it's worth it because when you graduate there will be people lining up to hire you with good wages and benefits....................
trespass
Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 8:06 p.m.
President Coleman is supposed to step down when her contract ends and she turns 70 in 2014. Her contract calls for a transition year starting in 2013. That would seem to indicate that they should be starting a presidential seach committee soon. Is there any plan to do so or was her ploy to get the Regents to remove the mandatory retirement age of 70 an indication that she plans to stay on as President?
Arieswoman
Wed, Jan 23, 2013 : 7:58 p.m.
As is usually the case don't let the door hit you on the way out.