The Chronicle News Blog: U. of Louisville Forms Panel to Investigate Degree Controversy
The University of Louisville’s president, James R. Ramsey, announced today the formation of a committee to investigate allegations that the university had improperly awarded a Ph.D. to a prominent former student.
The degree recipient, John E. Deasy, had previously been involved in directing a $375,000 grant to a university research center that was run by a former dean who now is the focus of a federal criminal investigation.
“I have asked the committee to review this incident quickly, but thoroughly, and to report to me any improper or questionable behavior in the granting of this degree,” Mr. Ramsey said in a written statement. “If someone received a degree he did not earn, we would have no choice but to recommend rescinding that degree.”
The committee members come from both inside and outside the university and include a retired Kentucky Supreme Court justice. Fact-finding is already under way, officials said. —Paul Fain
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