Portland State President Resigns Amid Accusations of Excessive Spending
“the time has come for me to focus on my family first”
As you can read below, even his housing allowance was ridiculously high.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Portland State President, Under Fire, Resigns
After less than two years in office, and months of criticism of his performance, Portland State University president Rahmat Shoureshi on Friday announced that he would step down Dec. 14. He will be on paid administrative leave until then, Portland State’s board announced.
His announcement listed various accomplishments, such as the launch of a fund-raising campaign and new academic centers, and made no mention of the various controversies he has faced. As to why he is leaving, Shoureshi said only that “the time has come for me to focus on my family first.” The board’s statement also did not reference the controversies.
The extent of the concerns about Shoureshi first became public in March, when The Oregonian published a long, detailed article about them. The article reported that:
– Portland State has seen “an exodus” of administrators, many of them women. Many of those who left said that Shoureshi was not just demanding, but engaged in — in the words of one complaint — ” “bullying and degrading” treatment of employees.
– Shoureshi had demanded and received an increase in his monthly housing stipend from $6,000 to $9,200 a month. His total compensation topped $720,000, which struck many as high and tone-deaf at a time of tight budgets at the university and in public higher education in Oregon.
– In 18 months on the job, he went through four provosts.
– A memo from the board chair to Shoureshi in November 2017 expressed serious concerns about his leadership and said he needed to either improve or leave.
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So they’re paying him for the rest of the year (and of course his housing allowance as well).
Even by Portland standards, that’s hardly a sound tactic for saving money.
“– Portland State has seen “an exodus” of administrators, many of them women. Many of those who left said that Shoureshi was not just demanding, but engaged in — in the words of one complaint — ” “bullying and degrading” treatment of employees.”
sorry, but some cultures are just not compatible with respect for women.
If the Oregonian knows about it, then you really had to be obvious about what you did.
Housing allowance allows him not to use post-tax income on housing. Brilliant way to avoid paying taxes for those tax dodging lefty elites.
I’m pretty sure that tax benefit isn’t true, because if it were you’d see it all over private enterprise.