Oregon Head Ousted Amid Campus Leadership Discord With Kitzhaber

The president of the University of Oregon, the state’s largest school with more than 24,000 students, was ousted amid conflicts with Governor John Kitzhaber on budget cuts and leadership.

Richard Lariviere, who became the 16th president of the Eugene-based institution in July 2009, was dismissed by the State Board of Higher Education at a meeting Nov. 28, Jim Barlow, a university spokesman, said by telephone.