Executive Leadership

Faculty argue the “voluntary separation” plan was rushed, and question the new regional leadership model that requires some chancellors to juggle multiple campuses.

Many staff staunchly oppose the new policy, arguing that commuting is expensive and that administrators made the decision without consulting employees.

The institution’s sudden shutdown has prompted its accreditor to step in and help guide students—and inspired legislation on college financial transparency.

The chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse was fired last year for making and distributing porn. Now the UW system is coming after his tenured faculty job.

Beyond the college’s business challenges, President Alicia Harvey-Smith alleges “orchestrated attacks” sank PTC. Her critics say it was the president’s incompetence.