VCU administrators resign from leadership posts

Several Virginia Commonwealth University administrators are stepping down following an investigation into the improper awarding of a bachelor's degree to Richmond's former police chief.

By: AP | WSLS
Published: July 23, 2008

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Several Virginia Commonwealth University
administrators are stepping down following an investigation into
the improper awarding of a bachelor's degree to Richmond's former
police chief.
University officials aren't linking the resignations to the
investigation.
Robert Holsworth is resigning as interim dean of the College of
Humanities and Sciences. Michael Pratt is stepping down as interim
director of the L. Douglas Wilder School of Government and Public
Affairs and director of the VCU Center for Public Policy. Both will
remain on the faculty.
Both were critical of the investigation into the improper
awarding of a degree to Rodney Monroe, who is now police chief in
Charlotte, North Carolina.
S. Jon Steingass resigned as dean of VCU's University College,
which awarded Monroe the degree, despite his not having met
requirements for transfer students.