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University of Wisconsin Axes Chief Diversity Officer, Previously Accused of Plagiarism, for Gross Financial Mismanagement

Before he was stripped of his role as the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s chief diversity officer, LaVar Charleston had been accused of assaulting a police officer and engaging in a decades-long pattern of research misconduct. Now he can add financial mismanagement to his rap sheet.

In a letter to university officials last week, the school’s top finance administrator, Rob Cramer, said that Charleston had displayed "poor financial judgment" as head of the Division of Diversity, Equity and Educational Achievement, which became the subject of an internal probe in January after concerns surfaced about the division’s finances.

The probe found that Charleston engaged in a pattern of profligate spending that strained the university’s budget. In 2023, for example, he doled out over $200,000 in bonuses, "without consultation," to the university DEI staff.

"Dr. Charleston did not discuss his plan with anyone in senior leadership, and the timing of this decision, in the context of the 2023 [budget], shows a thoughtless attitude in decision-making," Cramer’s letter reads. "This lack of consultation and disregard for the broader financial context highlights a significant lapse in leadership and fiscal responsibility."

The letter also states that Charleston, a professor in the university’s education school, "lacked important documentation to support many of these decisions," which included pay raises as well as bonuses. He