Disappointingly, the board’s statement in light of the report yesterday had the familiar “circle the wagons” tone that chairman Joseph Scott has taken over the last year.
on the financial mess at New Jersey City University lays blame in many corners while laying bare a series of very disturbing head-office decisions and an alleged plan to skirt the law to fill a massive budget hole.
At the same time, other members of the board must look inward and, with brutal honesty, decide whether they, too, have failed NJCU and, if so, resign. In the end, while the school suffered, Scott and the board allowed Henderson to be the only winner here. Without proper evaluations, Henderson went from a starting salary of $295,000 in 2012 to a $360,000-a-year salary by the June 2022 date of her resignation, the report notes.
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