HARRISONBURG, Va. – When a former Winona State University vice president, Jim Schmidt, takes over at James Madison University as president, he will be earning $610,000. That’s double. his current $302,600 as chancellor at the University of Wisconsin Eau Caire. Schmidt has been at UW-Eau Claire 12 years. Earlier he was Winona State’s vice president for public relations and fund-raising.

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