Excerpt from the Dayton Daily News
The dean of Wright State University’s Lake Campus resigned in June after being told to by president Cheryl Schrader, school documents show.
Lake Campus dean Jay Albayyari resigned June 30 after receiving a letter from Schrader on June 13, asking him to submit his resignation. The letter and several emails between Albayyari and provost Sue Edwards were obtained by the Dayton Daily News through a public records request.
In asking for Albayyari’s resignation, Schrader cited “serious concerns” regarding the dean’s “interactions with Lake Campus personnel” and the “climate” created by Albayyari’s “management style,” according to the letter. When reached by phone Monday, Albayyari said he could not comment.
“I no longer have confidence that you can comport yourself in the manner necessary to successfully and professionally represent the university in the position of Dean of Lake Campus,” Schrader wrote in her letter. “As you know pursuant to your contract, your appointment is at the pleasure of the President. Therefore, I am asking you to submit your resignation.”
Albayyari will return to a faculty position at the Lake Campus. He will be given “paid time” from July 1 through Dec. 31 to prepare to return to the classroom.
As a faculty member, Albayyari’s salary will be nearly 89 percent of what it was when he served as dean, according to Schrader’s letter. That means Albayyari will earn $116,951 which is nearly $26,000 less than he made as dean of Wright State’s only branch campus.
