Carolina Journal Executive Editor Don Carrington will join WPTF’s Scott Fitzgerald at 7:40 am this morning to discuss the latest disclosures about the pay package given to NC State’s former provost Larry Nielsen, as reported by the News & Observer. You can hear the interview at 680 AM or online at www.wptf.com. Click on “Listen Live.”
From the story by Andy Curliss:
New records show that N.C. State University Chancellor James Oblinger cut a deal last month to increase the severance package for former Provost Larry Nielsen, and it was done the day before Nielsen resigned.
Moreover, the publicly disclosed terms of Nielsen’s payout show he will receive more than what officials had indicated — with Nielsen now set to receive $310,255 in extra pay above his faculty salary.
The documents directly contradict the public comments that Oblinger offered about Nielsen’s exit last month as the chief academic officer of the state’s largest university. The university released the revised Nielsen payout information late Sunday after days of requests from The News & Observer.
Don Carrington has been doing his own investigative reporting on this, and other stories, available here.
