Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College

The Middle States Commission on Higher Education asked for documents following media reports of campus controversies. The agency will decide whether or not to take action against Penn State in July.

The closed-door meeting in 2022 is the latest in a pattern of potential Sunshine Act violations by Penn State trustees.

Jennifer Hamer, special adviser of institutional equity, accused Penn State students of spreading misinformation for supporting a professor whose resignation criticized her husband.

The university’s most recent layoff estimate, as it looks to shrink its budget deficit, does not include fixed-term employees or research and teaching assistants.

Despite a funding boost, Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may still raise what is already some of the most expensive tuition in the nation.

Spotlight PA received several tips alleging Penn State chartered a private jet for President Neeli Bendapudi to attend the football game, so they asked the university who paid for it.

Internal messages reveal Penn State leaders are finishing layoff plans this month. President Neeli Bendapudi has said the university is in a “vulnerable state” but not a “financial crisis.”

Penn State described an employee being paid by an outside group as “not uncommon.” Are other employees being paid like this?