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After meeting with UI faculty members who presented her with 200 signatures asking for the reinstatement of Marcus Mills, University of Iowa President Sally Mason said Thursday that she is standing by her decision to fire two former vice presidents last month, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.
“While I understand that some faculty and staff were [...]

Not everyone was satisfied with University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s firing of former vice president of general counsel Marcus Mills, including Political Science Professor Michael Lewis-Beck, who will meet with Mason today and deliver nearly 200 signatures, which includes several distinguished faculty members, the Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.

In the wake of the University of Iowa’s mishandling of an alleged sexual assault case, the Iowa State Board of Regents ordered a comprehensive review of the sexual assault and misconduct policies at all of the state’s universities. The regents’ office will pick up half the tab, while the other half will be funded by a portion of a $1 million Flagship grant awarded in 2007 to the University of Northern Iowa from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women.

A law firm’s report that documents the University of Iowa’s handling of a sexual assault case involving two former UI football players and led to the firing of two top officials at the university will end up costing the state $247,588, the Des Moines Register reported.

The fallout of University of Iowa President Sally Mason’s recent firing of former general counsel Marcus Mills last week is beginning to rear its head among disgruntled faculty members. Tenured UI professor Michael Lewis-Beck said Mason’s credibility is “very low” among faculty after she fired Mills, The Press-Citizen reports.
“It is very low,” Michael Lewis-Beck, a political [...]

Less than 24 hours have passed since UI President Sally Mason fired Marcus Mills, UI vice president of legal affairs and general counsel, for his handling of an alleged sexual assault investigation stemming from an incident that took place on campus Oct. 14, 2007.
Mills, however, claims Mason was aware of how the investigation was [...]

Recent findings from an independent report chronicling UI’s response to an alleged sexual assault on campus involving two Hawkeye football players focused the brunt of criticism on the two men.