December 19, 2007

Education Department Imposes on Eastern Michigan U. the Largest Fine Yet for Violating Campus Crime-Reporting Law

By Sara Lipka

In the largest penalty ever imposed under the Clery Act, the U.S. Department of Education has fined Eastern Michigan University $357,500 for failing to warn the campus of a student's murder, among other violations of the federal crime-reporting law.

A senior administrator at Eastern Michigan said the university accepted the department's findings but might appeal the amount of the fine.

Campus officials discovered the body of Laura Dickinson in her dormitory room