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"Salty." (Scott McLemee)
"Unvarnished." (Phi Beta Cons)
"Splendidly splenetic." (Culture Industry)
"Except for University Diaries, most academic blogs are tedious."
(Rate Your Students)
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and Soltan isn't. For the life of me, I can't figure out her
politics, but she's pretty fabulous, so who gives a damn?"
(Tenured Radical)

Monday, October 24, 2005

LADNER ACCEPTS

From a local tv news site:



The saga of American University President Benjamin Ladner has come to an end.

University trustees announced earlier this month that Ladner had been fired because of an audit that questioned at least $500,000 in expenses over the past three years. Board members said at the time they had not discussed a severance package. Many students and faculty members urged the board not to pay Ladner.

The board released a statement Monday indicating that Ladner had resigned and agreed to take a one-time settlement payment of $950,000. The board is also deducting withholding taxes on the $398,000 in questionable expenses being reported to the I.R.S as additional income and $125,000 in personal expenses he had taken.

Ladner has also agreed to drop any claims against the university arising from his contract.



UD doesn't think it's quite come to an end. There's still his tell-all book to prepare for.
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Update: The Washington Post has greater detail.
Posted at: 10/24/2005 10:26:00 PM