PORTLAND ( AP) — The University of Southern Maine’s president has rescinded the raises of two top administrators in the wake of revelations that the school gave out large pay hikes to dozens of employees at a time of financial uncertainty.
President Selma Botman announced Wednesday she pulled raises given last summer to her chief of staff and the university’s public affairs director. Both had received pay hikes of around 20 percent that bumped their annual salaries to $106,000.
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