Weeks after taking a salary cut, embattled University of Arizona President Robert Robbins has announced he will resign when his contract ends on June 30, 2026. Robbins said Tuesday he will step down sooner if a successor is hired before that date. He has become a central figure in the school’s financial crisis.
TUCSON, Ariz. — Embattled University of Arizona President Robert Robbins, who took a salary cut weeks ago and has become a central figure in the school’s financial crisis. announced Tuesday that he will resign when his contract ends on June 30, 2026.The Tucson-based university is trying to dig out of a $177 million budget shortfall that stems from a miscalculation of cash reserves late last year.
The Arizona Board of Regents, which oversees the state’s three public universities, reduced Robbins’ annual base salary by 10% last month, from about about $816,000 to nearly $735,000, and said he was no longer eligible for up to $270,000 in other compensation for meeting certain goals.Polygamous sect leader pleads guilty in scheme to orchestrate sexual acts involving children“This happened on my watch,” Robbins told the Arizona Daily Star after the financial crisis was revealed in November.
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