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Linda Katehi, chancellor of the University of California at Davis, resigned Monday from the corporate board of the DeVry Education Group, which operates DeVry University. The company just last week announced that she and Ann Weaver Hart, president of the University of Arizona, had joined the board.
Katehi made the decision to quit after facing sharp criticism from consumer groups and a powerful California lawmaker, The Sacramento Bee reported. Some of the pushback revolved around news last month that the U.S. Federal Trade Commission is suing DeVry over allegations that the company made false claims about its job placement rates and its graduates' earnings. A spokesman for UC Davis said DeVry approached Katehi before the FTC lawsuit went public.
“I initially chose to accept the appointment because I believed I could contribute to improving the educational experiences of the students attending DeVry institutions, but in light of a variety of other issues that have come to the fore, I have determined that I am unable to serve,” Katehi said in her resignation letter, according to the Bee.
