30 min
Public, Not Public Why Don’t We Know Podcast
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- News Commentary
It was the worst-case scenario for a university -- criminal charges, coupled with financial ruin.
And after the two chief executives file into court to enter a guilty plea, the chancellor tells the judge,
“it was never my intention to hurt the institution. I was trying to help.”
What happened here at the University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh was not a sex scandal, or a sports scandal, or the kind of financial scandal that makes for salacious headlines.
It didn’t really get a ton of attention.
There were no big splashy purchases. The men were not accused of misusing money in a way that benefitted themselves.
“Personally I don't think this should have been a criminal conviction, let alone a felony," one defense attorney told the local television station afterward.
What they were accused of -- at its heart -- was trying to help the university. So what went so very wrong?
It was the worst-case scenario for a university -- criminal charges, coupled with financial ruin.
And after the two chief executives file into court to enter a guilty plea, the chancellor tells the judge,
“it was never my intention to hurt the institution. I was trying to help.”
What happened here at the University of Wisconsin Osh Kosh was not a sex scandal, or a sports scandal, or the kind of financial scandal that makes for salacious headlines.
It didn’t really get a ton of attention.
There were no big splashy purchases. The men were not accused of misusing money in a way that benefitted themselves.
“Personally I don't think this should have been a criminal conviction, let alone a felony," one defense attorney told the local television station afterward.
What they were accused of -- at its heart -- was trying to help the university. So what went so very wrong?
30 min