Conn. Lawmakers Seek Inquiry Into President's Departure
Two legislators have called for an investigation into whether state law was violated in the forced departure of Cheryl Norton as president of Southern Connecticut State University, the Hartford Courant reported. Norton resigned in February, but her fate was sealed last fall after Connecticut State University's chancellor, David G. Carter, used newfound powers he had quietly won from trustees that allowed him to issue a "non-continuation" notice to presidents without a public vote of the full board. The Courant reported that two lawmakers, including the head of the legislature's higher education committee, asked Connecticut's attorney general, Richard Blumenthal, if the "failure to provide the Board of Trustees with the opportunity to vote on the intended non-continuation of President Norton" violated state law.
