RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - The chancellor at North Carolina State University has resigned, citing questions about his role in the hiring of a former governor's wife for a university post that is under intense scrutiny.
Chancellor James Oblinger said in a statement released Monday by the university that he is stepping down because the scrutiny of a job given to former first lady Mary Easley is a distraction for the
school.
Oblinger had asked Easley to resign her position, but she hasn't.
N.C. State has been under fire because of a severance package Oblinger gave to the official who hired Easley and because of the salary Easley received. The official, former provost Larry Nielsen, resigned last month.
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