Albert Colom, the controversial UW-Eau Claire vice chancellor of enrollment management, resigned his position Monday morning (Feb. 24) but will remain on the university payroll until Sept. 2.
Chancellor James Schmidt said at a press conference Monday afternoon that Colom’s contract calls for six months’ notice before he can be dismissed. Schmidt said that Colom will work off-campus until September on projects that draw on his enrollment management experience.
During that time, Colom will retain his full salary, which is $188,426 according to Mike Knuth, UW-EC communications manager, as reported Tuesday by the Eau Claire Leader-Telegram. He was paid $138,750 in fiscal 2019, when he came to UW-EC a quarter of the way into the fiscal year.
Colom is facing an investigation by UW-Shared Services of a complaint filed earlier this month alleging that he showed “gender-based negative treatment” of people working for him.
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