Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College

Transparency, culture change and longstanding problems were among the topics discussed during Spotlight PA’s virtual panel on reporting misconduct at Penn State.

Across Penn State’s campuses, female instructional staff earn on average about 80% of what their male colleagues make. Penn State argues the federal data do not show the full picture.

An investigation of Penn State revealed widespread distrust in misconduct reporting systems and that its ethics office fell into chaos.

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Transparency into how Pennsylvania’s state-related universities spend annual appropriations is limited.

Penn State paid five private law firms more than $4 million in fiscal year 2022, despite having its own Office of General Counsel.

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education asked for documents following media reports of campus controversies. The agency will decide whether or not to take action against Penn State in July.

The closed-door meeting in 2022 is the latest in a pattern of potential Sunshine Act violations by Penn State trustees.

Jennifer Hamer, special adviser of institutional equity, accused Penn State students of spreading misinformation for supporting a professor whose resignation criticized her husband.