University of Illinois taps Connecticut administrator as its next president

From The Chicago Tribune: University of Illinois officials have chosen Michael Hogan, the University of Connecticut president, as the school's next president, picking a historian who has long ties to the Midwest and public education. Hogan, 66, will take a pay cut from his salary at UConn, which was $577,500 in 2008-09, a source close to the selection process says.