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Discuss “Ladner raises questions on college budgets”

Once hailed for assuaging American University?s early??90s financial woes, AU president Benjamin Ladner is currently suspended while under investigation for indulging himself with University funds. According to The Washington Post, faculty members in five out of the six schools at the university voted ?no con-fidence? in Ladner last Tuesday.

Among the $500,000 in questionable items charged to the university: an engagement party for Ladner?s son, several trips abroad for his personal chef, $54,000 in drivers? costs, and nearly $44,000 in alcohol, according to an independent report the Post obtained.

The Post reported that Ladner?s severance pay could exceed $1 million if he is fired. With American University?s president under such scrutiny,...

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