… at Penn State, and what to do about it. The institution has been stained by so many and so much, the question of whether its former president should retain his faculty tenure is a small one. But given how much the taxpayers of Pennsylvania are about to chalk up in lawsuit awards against the university, the school probably would prefer not making them even angrier when they realize they’re paying Graham’s salary for as long as he feels like hanging around.
Given Sandusky’s conviction and the Freeh report, Donald Heller, dean of the College of Education at Michigan State University, predicted Penn State would rather negotiate with Spanier for his resignation than revoke his tenure.
“I don’t think they’re going to want to fight that battle with everything else that’s going on,” said Heller, who was director of the study of higher education at Penn State for 10 years until he left in January.
Throw a lot of money at him to make him go away. That comes out of the taxpayers too, but at least it’s a one-shot deal.