September 19, 2003

Research-Fraud Investigation Leads to Departures From Northern Kentucky University

By ROBIN WILSON

The Board of Regents of Northern Kentucky University last month accepted the resignation of two finance professors, fired an economics professor, and accepted the retirement of another economics professor, all of whom the university said were involved in a research-fraud scandal that it had investigated for 18 months. Another finance professor, Shailendra Verma, who was at the heart of the fraud charges, resigned last February.

The three finance professors who were involved in the