UMich's president was just FIRED (board caught him having an affair with UMich employee)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Damn, men gonna men.

Ha! This was my exact thought.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like the board needs to look for a woman to replace him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So my kid should apply to U.Mich or not?

He is Ivy League educated so don’t send your kids there!

[Anonymous]

The emails are actually sweet.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think he deserved to be fired based on the e-mails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we stop acting like grown women are fragile flowers and victims with no agency over their actions and decisions. Women are not perpetual victims.

Nope!

This is a person in a supervisory position. That balance of power will never be equal whether the subordinate is a woman or a man. The subordinate may willingly enter into the relationship but the university is within their rights to prohibit it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can we stop acting like grown women are fragile flowers and victims with no agency over their actions and decisions. Women are not perpetual victims.

This is about the power imbalance. It is inappropriate to have a romantic relationship with a subordinate. If it were a woman president and make subordinate, same problem. As someone else pointed out, President of U of M is among the most powerful people in the state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like the board needs to look for a woman to replace him.

Coleman is stepping back in for the interim.

[Anonymous]

Wow. Airing all his dirty laundry's a bit harsh, particularly to his wife.

I agree that an affair with an employee introduces a potential abuse of power as well as a potential for favoritism that should be sanctioned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we stop acting like grown women are fragile flowers and victims with no agency over their actions and decisions. Women are not perpetual victims.

Nope!

This is a person in a supervisory position. That balance of power will never be equal whether the subordinate is a woman or a man. The subordinate may willingly enter into the relationship but the university is within their rights to prohibit it.

Oh spare us with your puritanical b.s. Millions of women marry men they meet at work, who are their superiors — including McKenzie Bezos!

[Anonymous]

The Boards of Regents hasn’t been happy with Schlissel for the past couple of years. He was to leave a year before his contract was up, but this nonsense sped things up. Honestly, he will not be mossed.

[Anonymous]

*missed

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can we stop acting like grown women are fragile flowers and victims with no agency over their actions and decisions. Women are not perpetual victims.

Nope!

This is a person in a supervisory position. That balance of power will never be equal whether the subordinate is a woman or a man. The subordinate may willingly enter into the relationship but the university is within their rights to prohibit it.

Oh spare us with your puritanical b.s. Millions of women marry men they meet at work, who are their superiors — including McKenzie Bezos!

Fine, go tell it to the Regents. They don't want to operate the way "millions of women who marry their superiors do." I'm not sure what Bezos has to do with anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Boards of Regents hasn’t been happy with Schlissel for the past couple of years. He was to leave a year before his contract was up, but this nonsense sped things up. Honestly, he will not be mossed.

That explains it then. They were looking for an excuse to fire him. No wonder they did it in such a trashy way.

The Board wouldn't have cared one bit about an affair with an employee if they liked him...

[Anonymous]

I wonder who the tipster was and why.