Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. STATE COLLEGE — For more than a decade, public funding for Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities has not kept pace with inflation, according…

A monthslong funding debate in the Pennsylvania legislature resulted in greater transparency rules for state-related universities and Penn State’s new accountability report.

In August, Tabitha Oman started as the university’s vice president and general counsel. She will also continue to act as chief ethics officer until her replacement is hired.

A Spotlight PA review found that Penn State reported incorrect contract information, and a university trustee failed to disclose more than $250,000 paid to a related business over three years.

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.

This story was produced by the State College regional bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom dedicated to investigative and public-service journalism for Pennsylvania. Sign up for our regional newsletter, Talk of the Town. Spotlight PA wants to better understand how Penn State handles reports of misconduct, no matter how small they may seem. We hope…