The New York TimesAmerican U dismisses president over spending
American University’s board of trustees dismissed its president, Benjamin Ladner, on Monday evening, accusing him of misusing more than $500,000 in university money since 2002.
Inside Higher EdPresident ousted at American U
Charges of profligate spending culminated in a pink slip Monday for Benjamin Ladner, the president of American University.
“The fundamental conclusion of the board,” Thomas A. Gottschalk, the chair of American’s Board of Trustees, said after more than eight hours of closed discussions, “was that [Ladner] could not continue to lead the university effectively.” His words were met with claps and hoots from a handful of students and faculty members who had waited out the board’s marathon meeting.
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