KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) The leader of the University of Kansas Medical Center has reached a severance agreement that will pay her more than $419,000 after she steps down in June.
University of Kansas officials announced the agreement Tuesday with Barbara Atkinson, executive vice chancellor of the Medical Center and executive dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine.
The Lawrence Journal-World reports the agreement says Atkinson will be placed on administrative leave and would not be involved in any decisions at the university after April 9. But she will be paid her normal salary through June 30. Atkinson earns $543,614 per year.
After she leaves, she agreed to take a lump sum payment of $419,253.
