University of Michigan gets apology from ex-president Mark Schlissel; gets job, cash in settlement

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A former president on the College of Michigan who was fired over a relationship with a subordinate apologized to the varsity’s governing board as a part of a settlement that ensures him a school job, retiree medical insurance and different advantages.

Mark Schlissel, 64, who was immediately eliminated in January, is entitled to $463,000 whereas taking a one-year depart, beginning Might 1, The Detroit Information reported Thursday.

He can return as a school scientist at a wage of $185,000, in accordance with the six-page deal signed in April.

The Board of Regents fired Schlissel after almost eight years, saying an investigation discovered that his interactions with a feminine worker have been “inconsistent with selling the dignity and popularity of the College of Michigan.”

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Schlissel acknowledged “poor judgment” in an April 6 letter to the board.

“The connection was completely consensual, was by no means bodily, and didn’t contain the inappropriate spending of college assets,” he stated. “However in a time when we have now been making an attempt to strengthen the bonds of belief on the college, it’s significantly essential that campus leaders keep away from even an look of impropriety.”

The college agreed to right away vest $300,000 positioned in Schlissel’s retirement plan in 2020 and 2021, plus put a further $162,000 into one other retirement account.

Earlier than his dismissal, Schlissel had deliberate to step down in June 2023. His predecessor, Mary Sue Coleman, is again as president till a successor is employed.