Madison's former chief diversity officer displayed a "significant lapse" in judgment and fiscal responsibility, according to ...

Vice chancellors can no longer have a carry-over balance of more than 10% to the next year, which is partly what enabled the ...

In a memo sent to Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin last Wednesday, Vice Chancellor for Finance Administration Rob Cramer cited poor financial decisions for Dr. LaVar J. Charleston’s dismissal from his ...

The decisions by LaVar Charleston throughout 2023 and 2024 coincided with a period of intense scrutiny by state Republican lawmakers over the value of campus diversity offices. In one of the most ...

The University of Wisconsin has announced the removal of Dr. LaVar Charleston from his role as chief diversity officer and leader of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, ...

Dr. LaVar Charleston stepped down after a three-year tenure amid financial concerns in the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement on Jan. 22. A review found between Dec. 1 ...

The former head of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Division of Diversity, Equity and Education Achievement gave lump sum awards to 85% of staff in late 2023 amounting to $218,750 without ...

And in her sole peer-reviewed journal article—coauthored with her husband, LaVar Charleston, in 2014—the couple recycle much of a 2012 study published by LaVar Charleston, the deputy vice ...

Lavar Charleston was removed from his role as chief diversity officer in January, although he remains as a faculty member, according to local outlet Fox 6. An internal report revealed that ...