EAST LANSING (WWJ) – Michigan State University President Samuel Stanley has reportedly been given until Tuesday to announce his resignation from the position, or he could be fired.
The school’s Board of Trustees has been discussing Stanley’s contract, according to the Detroit Free Press. If he doesn’t resign, he could face the possibility of being fired, according to the report.
The news comes after the board hired an outside law firm to investigate the handling of the abrupt resignation of business school dean Sanjay Gupta. He was reportedly pushed out of his position last month in relation to Title IX issues.
The report says other issues include the handling of internal investigations and reporting requirements involving the school’s Office of Institutional Equity and the Relationship Violence & Sexual Misconduct office.
If indeed fired, Stanley would be the third straight MSU president to be forced out of the position, all due to issues related to the handling of sexual misconduct cases at the school.
It started with Lou Anna Simon, who was forced out in 2018 in the immediate wake of the Larry Nassar scandal. Her successor, John Engler, resigned under pressure because of his handling of the fallout from the Nassar scandal. That includes insensitive comments he made about Nassar’s victims.
Stanley was hired in May 2019, shortly after Engler’s departure.
The Free Press reports if Stanley is fired for cause, they do not owe him any additional money, but if he resigns he would be eligible to collect one additional year of salary. He signed a new contract last year that pays him $960,000 per year.
While Stanley’s handling of the Gupta case appears to be the center of the reported parting of ways, specific details still remain unclear.
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