December 14, 2007

Eastern Michigan U. Will Pay $2.5-Million to Settle Case With Family of Student Who Was Murdered

By Sara Lipka

Eastern Michigan University announced on Thursday that it will pay $2.5-million to the family of Laura Dickinson, a student who was murdered in her dormitory room last year.

The university's mishandling of the case, which the U.S. Education Department found to be a violation of federal law, led to the firing last summer of three top administrators, including the president (The Chronicle, July 27). Some

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