UT dean fired after gender pay scandal

[Yukos]

http://abovethelaw.com/2011/12/universi ... umors-fly/

Among many, many other rumors. Obviously the fallout from this isn't "OMG firms won't come to OCI this year!" but will the "faculty discontent" and general chaos affect UT's ranking/reputation/academic credentials?

[Richie Tenenbaum]

1) It's not a scandal.
2) To answer your question: no.

Short summary of this situation is that Sager was a divisive force among some of the UT faculty. Party of it was a perception of gender inequity, part of it was payment forms to new hires that are commonly done among other schools. As a UT student I liked Sager as a Dean, but that was just from a student perspective. Here's to hoping that UT can find a new dean soon that can help bring the faculty together and not create division.