Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Chancellor Melody Rose signaled she would resign her post via separation agreement Monday, a sudden exit that marks an end to months of tension between the chancellor and the Board of Regents and caps her four-year contract after just 19 months.
The announcement — which, if approved, would be effective April 1 — came by way of a public meeting agenda that includes details of a possible resignation agreement to buyout roughly half of Rose’s remaining contract, or $610,000.
The agreement also includes a non-disparagement clause that would prevent Rose and the regents from making any statements disparaging “the honesty, integrity, ethics, or professional competence and reputation of one another.”
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