"West Virginia University administrators showed 'seriously flawed'' judgment in awarding the governor's daughter a master's degree she didn't earn," The Associated Press reports, citing the findings.
AP adds that "the scandal is not a sign of widespread problems in the business school," but rather the "failures of process and leadership were unique to the high-profile case of Mylan Inc. executive Heather Bresch."
The AP's story is also here and here.
"The damning 95-page report released Wednesday by the WVU Board of Governors is harshest on Provost Gerald Lang and business school dean Steve Sears, who the panel said had no academic foundation for retroactively granting Bresch the 1998 degree," AP reports. "However, the report stopped short of recommending any specific disciplinary action against anyone, advising only that WVU 'take appropriate action.'"
"Mistake was compounded by mistake," the article quotes the report as concluding. "An unnecessary rush to judgment, spurred in some measure by an understandable desire to protect a valued alumna and to respond to media pressure, produced a flawed and erroneous result. It didn't have to happen this way."
Update: MetroNews also has a report, with audio.
Update II: The Charleston Gazette has posted the report online and offers a timeline (courtesy AP).Update III: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, which broke the initial story, has an article and also has posted the report.
Also, according to AP:
After meeting in closed session for 48 minutes Wednesday, the university's Board of Governors issued a charge to President Mike Garrison, telling him to accept responsibility for the errors in judgment made by members of his administration.
The board also wants Garrison to deliver a plan by its June meeting that will ensure "a situation such as this does not ever happen again." It also called on him to inform Bresch of the panel's findings and advise of her right to appeal.Garrison said he regrets the university has been embarrassed by this situation, and pledged to meet and exceed the board's charge.
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At this point it's clear that the Democrat Nominee cannot be chosen through the ellectoral process (there just aren't enough delegates available to put either over the top). The Democrat nominee will be determined by the Super Delegates (party bosses) this year.
They should have called for Garrison, Lang, Sears and everyone else involved in this tawdry matter to resign.
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