President Wilson said he can't promise Holub's final evaluation will be complete before Wilson's term ends June 30.
UMass Chancellor Robert C. Holub, back listens to UMass President Jack M. Wilson, right during an editorial board meeting with The Republican in 2009.AMHERST - University of Massachusetts President Jack M. Wilson has referred Chancellor Robert C. Holub’s request for an investigation into a leak of his evaluation to the system’s legal counsel for review.
Holub sent a letter to Wilson’s office demanding that Wilson ask the Attorney General’s office to investigate the leak of Holub's confidential evaluation to the Boston Globe last month. Holub alleges the leak violated university regulations that require confidentiality when dealing with job performance evaluations.
Quoting unnamed sources, that story reported that the evaluation committee recommended against reappointing Holub, who has been the chancellor since August of 2008.
But Wilson also said “someone making allegations can take those to the attorney general’s office.” He said if Holub wanted to, he could file that complaint himself directly.
The final evaluation report, however, has not been submitted to Wilson.
While Wilson would not talk about Holub's evaluation, he said the process calls for the evaluation committee to report its findings to the president -- after meeting with and talking to a range of groups. The president then prepares a short response and shares that with the chancellor under review.
Holub last month met with Wilson along with incoming president Robert L. Caret; Philip W. Johnston, chairman of the evaluation committee and trustee; and Board of Trustee chairman James J. Karam.
Evaluations always have positive and negative comments, Wilson said. The president gives the chancellor the opportunity to discuss “how they intend to address those negatives.”
Once that’s finished, the report is finalized and the president then decides what to do about a new contract.
Holub’s current contract expires July 31. However, his $375,000 pact requires a six-month notification if it is not to be renewed.
“I refuse to make any comments (on the evaluation,)” Wilson said. “In my opinion that is the way it is done. On the other hand a lot of people have been involved (in the process.) Others may make different choices.”
Wilson, who leaves June 30, said that he can’t promise the review will be finalized before he leaves but said evaluations “are a university-wide process. It’s a process with a lot of stakeholders.”
Caret, meanwhile, has already started working, allowing for more than a month-long transition, Wilson said.