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  • How to Tell if College Presidents Are Overpaid

    The Chronicle of Higher Education tells us the median salary of public university presidents rose 4.7 percent in 2011-12 to more than $440,000 a year. This increase vastly outpaced the rate of inflation, as well as the earnings of the typical worker in the U.S. economy. Perhaps, most relevant for this community, it also surpassed the compensation growth for university professors.

  • Rutgers Coaching Abuse Scandal Fails to Deter Rally: Muni Credit

    Debt of Rutgers University is gaining the most since May even after a coaching abuse scandal roiled New Jersey’s largest public college and added to its risk of a credit downgrade.

  • Rutgers Gay-Slur Debacle Shows Sports Can Soil College Ambitions

    Two months into his presidency at Rutgers University, Robert Barchi was overseeing the largest reorganization at U.S. public colleges, including a medical school merger. In a fateful decision, he chose not to watch a video of the men’s basketball coach abusing players that later horrified the nation.

  • Penn State Loses Bid to Toss Ex-Coach’s Suit Over Firing

    Pennsylvania State University lost a court bid to dismiss a lawsuit by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary over claims he was fired because of his cooperation in the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case.

  • Ex-Penn State President Charged With Sandusky Cover-Up

    Charges against ex-Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier stem from a cache of evidence uncovered by prosecutors this year that include e-mails linking him to a conspiracy to cover up the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, according to a grand jury report.

  • Rutgers Top Administrators Face Fire in Aftermath of Coach Exit

    From professors to politicians, questions flowed on whether Rutgers University President Robert Barchi and Athletic Director Tim Pernetti deserve the same fate as the basketball coach they fired yesterday.

  • Ex-Penn State Chief Spanier, Paterno Faulted in Probe

    Pennsylvania State University longtime football head coach Joe Paterno, fired President Graham Spanier and other officials failed to protect children from sexual abuse by former coach Jerry Sandusky, according to a report by investigator Louis Freeh.

  • Ex-Penn State President Spanier Disputes Freeh Criticism

    Ex-Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier disputed findings from an internal investigation that found him at the center of a cover-up in a sexual abuse case against Jerry Sandusky.

  • Penn State Must Wait to Learn Fate of Ex-Coach's Lawsuit

    Pennsylvania State University must wait until next month for an answer to its request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former coach tied to the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case, a state court judge said.

  • Penn State President Under Pressure to Step Down Amid Sex-Abuse Scandal

    Graham Spanier, after 16 years as president of Penn State University, is under mounting pressure to resign amid allegations that a former athletics department assistant molested boys inside the school’s sports complex.

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