Count Me Out: Want me to lay off staff? Fine, I quit — Jack Stripling, Inside Higher Ed

That’s essentially what Nathan Sussman, a professor of economics at the University of Western Ontario, told his dean last week. Sussman, then-chair of his department, relinquished his leadership post rather than develop a plan for eliminating staff positions.... The university is facing a shortfall of some $41 million, in large part due to investment declines, university officials acknowledge. Sussman argues that the university should borrow money to address the shortfall.