Wyatt Massey of Spotlight PA State College
Penn State Investigative ReporterMassey investigates how Penn State University operates, including its influence in the region and state. The university receives more than $300 million in funding from the state but evades most transparency measures under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law. Massey scrutinizes the main University Park campus as well as the university’s 19 additional branch campuses.
A native of rural Wisconsin, Massey previously covered faith and religion for the Chattanooga Times Free Press in Southeast Tennessee.
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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.
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The closed-door meeting in 2022 is the latest in a pattern of potential Sunshine Act violations by Penn State trustees.
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Jennifer Hamer, special adviser of institutional equity, accused Penn State students of spreading misinformation for supporting a professor whose resignation criticized her husband.
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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.
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Despite a funding boost, Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may still raise what is already some of the most expensive tuition in the nation.
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Spotlight PA received several tips alleging Penn State chartered a private jet for President Bendapudi to attend the football game, so we asked Penn State who paid for it.
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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.”
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Penn State described an employee being paid by an outside group as “not uncommon.” Are other employees being paid like this?
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Penn State appears to be dropping most intervention and oversight of Greek life, an internal memo states.
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President Bendapudi pledged to address it, but the university already broke a promise to deliver merit-based raises.