The University of Wisconsin-Madison announced Thursday that it is demoting Paul Barrows, slashing his salary and placing him on paid leave while it investigates new allegations of improper conduct when he was vice chancellor of student affairs.
The announcement came as a top official in the UW system acknowledged that hundreds of administrators at Wisconsin’s public universities and colleges – like Barrows – routinely are guaranteed “backup” jobs if they don’t measure up or if they do things to embarrass their institution.