SUNY Binghamton reinstates lecturer; Inquiry to be conducted by SUNY Central not campus

by E Wayne Ross on October 5, 2009

The New York Times: SUNY Board to Oversee an Audit of Binghamton

The fallout from the implosion of the Binghamton basketball program continued Friday, when the SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced that the university would not oversee an independent audit of its athletic department.

Binghamton also reversed the firing of Sally Dear, the adjunct lecturer who taught human development for 11 years before being dismissed earlier this week. Dear believed she was dismissed because she spoke out against the basketball program. The university had cited fiscal reasons. But Dear received a letter Friday saying she would remain an adjunct, althoug