His dismissal was prompted by a long-running dispute with university administrators over the amount of law school-generated money demanded by the larger university, the letter said. According to Closius, the university retained 45% of the revenue generated by the law school during the 2010-11 academic year — well more than the industry standard, he said.
“For the most recent academic year (AY 10-11), our tuition increase generated $1,455,650 in additional revenue,” Closius wrote. “Of that amount, the School of Law budget increased by only $80,774. I do not know of any law school in the country receiving such a small percentage of its generated tuition revenue.”
