Secretive group of Penn State trustees meet in public for first time since 2011

Secretive group of Penn State trustees meet in public for first time since 2011

A secretive committee of top Penn State University officials met publicly for the first time in almost 13 years on Thursday morning. The Board of Trustees’ executive committee met via video for around 20 minutes to outline the agendas for the board’s meetings next week in State College — work it previously did in private. The university has argued those closed-door gatherings were allowable under the state’s open meetings statute, but some media…

Secretive Group of Penn State Trustees Meet in Public for First Time Since 2011

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