VCU reports 4 administrators resign - News

VCU reports 4 administrators resign

Tuesday, Jul 22, 2008 - 05:00 PM Updated: 07:06 PM

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BY MICHAEL MARTZ

Times-Dispatch Staff Writer

Four high-ranking administrators at Virginia Commonwealth University have resigned their positions amid increasing turmoil within the university's leadership.

Three of the administrators will remain on the university's faculty, while a fourth, S. Jon Steingass, has left VCU entirely for a job in another institution outside of Virginia, according to a university announcement today. Steingass had served as dean of the University College.

Here are the other resignations announced today.

Robert D. Holsworth, a high-profile political science and public policy expert, stepped down as dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences. He will remain as a professor of political science and special assistant to the provost.

Michael D. Pratt will no longer serve as interim director of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs or as director of the VCU Center for Public Policy. He will remain as a professor of economics.

Peter S. Kirkpatrick resigned as executive director of the Office of International Education and as co-director of the renowned VCU French Film Festival. He will remain an associate professor of French at the university.

There was no indication in today's announcement by VCU that any of the resignations was related to an internal investigation that VCU conducted this year into a decision to award a bachelor's degree to former Richmond Police Chief Rodney D. Monroe.

Contact Michael Martz at mmartz@timesdispatch.com