November 2, 2001

Penn State Grad Students Reveal President's Salary

A group of graduate students at Pennsylvania State University has revealed a closely guarded secret on the University Park campus: the size of the president's paycheck.

Graham B. Spanier has repeatedly refused to disclose his pay and benefits, citing a policy against releasing individual salaries that was enacted by the Board of Trustees. Because of Penn State's semiprivate status as a "state related" institution, its officials say they need not provide the information under the