FILE - In this May, 21, 2010 file photo University of Illinois Chancellor Dr. Paula Allen-Meares, smile during a news conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago campus in Chicago before leaving the school in 2015. The recent resignation of the top administrator at the U of I's flagship campus is following a familiar script: Step down under pressure, take a year off with pay, then return as one of the highest-paid members of the faculty. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green, File)