UC Davis Chancellor under fire. Moonlighting at for-profit Devry on top of $424,369 gig

[Liberal_in_LA]

Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi apologized Friday for her controversial moonlighting activities, which had prompted key state lawmakers to call for her resignation and announce legislative hearings on paid outside activities by university officials.

Katehi, who earns $424,360 annually as chancellor at UC Davis, had come under fire for accepting a $70,000-a-year position with the DeVry Education Group, a for-profit firm that offers college degrees online and on 55 campuses nationwide, including 13 in California.

DeVry is being investigated by state and federal authorities on allegations of deceptive advertising about job and income prospects for its graduates. The firm has denied the accusations.

Katehi resigned from the DeVry seat this week after questions were raised by public interest groups and Assemblyman Kevin McCarty (D-Sacramento) who heads the Assembly budget subcommittee on education finance.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-uc-davis-chancellor-20160304-story.html

McCarty met with Katehi on Thursday but said he was "unsatisfied" with her explanation as to why she accepted the DeVry position. After the Sacramento Bee reported later that day that Katehi also earned $420,000 over three years as a board member for a college textbook publisher, McCarty said he decided to call for her to step down as chancellor
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Katehi, a Greek-born electrical engineer, became UC Davis chancellor in 2009. The 35,000-student university made headlines in 2011 after a campus police officer pepper sprayed seated, nonviolent student demonstrators in a scene that was captured on videos and went viral on the Internet.

Katehi was forced to apologize for the incident, which sparked worldwide outrage.

[malaise]

1. Fugging greed on steroids

She must go

[lapfog_1]

2. It's a tough life

$634,000 a year just doesn't seem to go as far as it used to.



634K is what she made with her UCDavis gig, the deVry extra salary plus the textbook gig.

[exboyfil]

3. I am actually more disturbed by the textbook board seat

Talk about conflict of interest. Part of her job should be finding ways to reduce the burden on her students. Textbooks, after tuition and room and board, is the next largest expense. It is not uncommon for textbooks with online homework packages to run $200-$300 per course.

Anybody in a professional position, especially at that level, should not be moonlighting anyway.

[1939]

4. Maybe we ought to cap

any job with a public entity at the amount we pay POTUS. You have City Managers and their staffs, School Supers, and state college officials earning more than the president.