SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A professor at a Utah institution, accused of buying personal items on a university “purchase card,” lost his job but walked out the door with separation pay of $175,000, according to a state legislative audit report released this week.
Kade Minchey, Utah Legislative Auditor General, confirmed late Wednesday that the professor had been employed at Weber State University.
The individual’s name has not been revealed, nor what position the professor held, but the payout may be the most alarming finding from the audit into the treatment of tenured higher education faculty in the state…