Pennsylvania State University’s board named Eric J. Barron as its next president, replacing Graham Spanier, the former leader who was ousted after the campus became embroiled in a sex-abuse scandal. Barron, 62, now president...
Michael B. Poliakoff doesn’t doubt Eric J. Barron is a top-notch choice to lead Penn State University. But he says Barron’s top-dollar contract—worth up to $6 million over five years—is unconscionable. “Leadership in higher...
Penn State’s trustees did not disguise their satisfaction as they named one of the school’s former administrators to become its next president. The board voted unanimously on Monday to hire Florida State University president...
Pennsylvania State University on Monday named as its top administrator the president of Florida State University, a move that puts a nationally known climatologist and former faculty member in charge as the school seeks...
As tuition at Penn State steadily rises and the university continues to ask […]
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