Paul Barrows, the University of Wisconsin-Madison administrator who says he was wrongly demoted, will finally get to face his accusers at an appeals hearing. The former vice chancellor for student affairs learned on Dec. 14 that the Academic Staff Appeals Committee granted his request for a hearing to appeal his demotion.
The burden of proof will be on the university to prove that his June demotion, from a higher-paying backup job to one that only paid half as well, was warranted.