UI Urbana Chancellor Herman Resigns, Post to Remain Vacant for Now

University of Illinois Board of Trustees Chairman Christopher Kennedy says Richard Herman will be hard to replace as chancellor of the Urbana-Champaign campus.

Herman says he'll resign next Monday after months of pressure over the university's admissions scandal.

Trustees are to meet Friday to accept Herman's resignation and revise his employment agreement, since Herman will stay on as a faculty member. Kennedy says the next chancellor will have to bring a strong vision for science and research to the job.

In his resignation letter, Herman says he's been honored to work at the university. He came to Illinois from the University of Maryland in 1998 and became permanent chancellor in 2005.

Herman's name appears often in e-mails detailing preferential treatment the school gave well-connected student applicants. The Faculty Senate voted last month to call for Herman and university President B. Joseph White to step down. White will leave his post in December.