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Campus Crises in the News
Feds call former NC State Diving coach "sexual predator": NC State University diving Coach John Candler, a former Olympic diver and State's coach for 35 years, resigned last week amid revelations of past sex offenses. See:
Penn State student dies tragically: A 21-year-old Penn State student died while trying to escape a stuck elevator.
MIT slashes expenditures: MIT has announced the layoff of nearly 250 employees and a campus shutdown during winter break as the foundation of plans to reduce annual operating costs by $34 million.
Rutgers merger imperiled by president's peccadillo: New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey's has proposed merging New Jersey's research universities, but the effort is jeopardized partly due to personal problems faced by Rutgers President Richard McCormick, who admitted to an affair with a subordinate at his previous job.
Faculty fury sky-high at Boston U: Faculty members at Boston U, red-faced over the hiring then offer-reneging move for president-to-be Daniel Goldin, have called for a state investigation into trustees. See their website, with links to newspaper accounts, at:
Convicted rapist may graduate: A former University of North Texas student, banned from campus after an Oklahoma rape conviction, may graduate from UNT in 2005 without returning to school.
American U researcher convicted of exporting sensitive technology: Gao Zhan pleaded guilty to charges of exporting technology to Beijing that could be used in weapons systems.
Fiscal problems continue in Maryland: The battle continues as Maryland's higher ed leaders pled for sustained state funding -- or quality may suffer.
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