Gov. Jim Doyle called on University of Wisconsin-Madison officials on Friday to explain why a top administrator was allowed to collect his salary while on paid personal leave for seven months.
Paul Barrows, vice chancellor of student affairs, has been on leave since early November while continuing to earn his full annual salary of $191,749, covering his time away with accrued sick time and vacation days.
Four months into the leave, he applied for a job at the University of Texas at Austin. Just this week, he withdrew his name for a list of finalists for an administrative job there.