ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The president of the University of Alaska, Jim Johnsen, who had been in line to take over the University of Wisconsin system, resigned as faculty pressure against him grew over curricular reforms. University of Alaska regents said the resignation was a mutual decision, Jionsen’s biography was immediately removed from the university’s web page Meanwhile, Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy faces a recall effort after a $135 million cut – 41% — to state funding for the university system last year.
