The Chronicle News Blog: Incoming Chancellor at U. of Wisconsin at Parkside Faces Investigation
Two weeks after being appointed chancellor of the University of Wisconsin at Parkside, Robert Felner has acknowledged that the college he oversees at the University of Louisville faces a criminal investigation, according to the Associated Press.
Mr. Felner has been dean of Louisville’s college of education and human development since 2003. The college is the target of an unspecified investigation involving federal law-enforcement agencies and a local U.S. attorney’s office, The Courier-Journal of Louisville reported. University officials say they alerted the authorities to the “potential issue” and are cooperating with law-enforcement officials, who were on the campus on Friday.
Mr. Felner, whose appointment in Wisconsin is effective August 1, told a University of Wisconsin system official on Sunday about the investigation in Louisville. —Paul Fain
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