Dive Brief:
- Alabama State University is continuing a search for its president despite a request from the state's governor to put it on hold.
- The school paid the last president $685,000 to resign after about three months on the job.
- The governor's office this week released a preliminary audit highly critical of the school after claims from the former president that he had been discouraged from questioning suspicious contracts.
Dive Insight:
The investigation into possible fraud and financial mismanagement that started with a box of documents left anonymously on the university president's doorstep is likely to get even more interesting: The governor's office has given the auditor's report to the U.S. Attorney's Office and the Alabama Attorney General's office.