William Young, former dean of the College of Continuing Education, said he was given no formal review before he was dismissed from his position last fall.

Provost Kendall Baker refused to comment, saying only that he will not talk to the press about personnel matters.

The problem began when Young was dismissed from his position last semester. He claims the reason for his dismissal is possibly because of a deficit due to a “fourth-generation relational data base system.”

“It was OK’d by the board, but it was to be bought off in seven years,” Young said. “It means data can be pulled from four subjects on all four generations. It could pop up all the stories we wanted from the last four years.”

John Tuecke, associate vice president of systems, deferred comment to the Provost’s Office.

Young said other possible reasons for his dismissal are the combined debt from the computer system and the Woodstock Conference Center.

“The (computer) operations, along with the Woodstock Conference Center, were going to take three to five years before they would make money,” said Young, suggesting he had the finances under control.

Former instructor Nancy Vedral recently was appointed acting dean of the college, which prompted Young to speak on the issue Thursday. Young said that he, along with members of the Faculty Senate, were instrumental in returning the college of continuing education to NIU, which was to be under a “reorganization” by Baker.

Young is now an instructor of leadership and educational policies studies and has tenure at NIU.