Shock waves continue to buffet the University of Iowa over a case of alleged sexual assault. Sally Mason, the university’s president, met today with Iowa’s Board of Regents and apologized for the university’s handling of the alleged 2007 assault on a female student by two Iowa football players.

“Failing a student who asks for our help is unacceptable,” Ms. Mason said, according to the Associated Press. “Failing to be transparent and accountable to the Board of Regents and ultimately the people of Iowa is also unacceptable.”

Ms. Mason apologized to the alleged victim and her family for the university’s response. University officials followed established rules, she said, but those policies were flawed. The regents issued a resolution today directing Iowa’s public universities to conduct a comprehensive review of their procedures related to sexual assault.

The meeting came two days after Ms. Mason fired the university’s vice president for student services, Phillip E. Jones, and its general counsel, Marcus Mills. Both officials were singled out for criticism in an independent review of the university’s response. Mr. Jones and Mr. Mills are considering wrongful-termination lawsuits against the university, the Des Moines Register reported. In a letter to regents, Mr. Jones’s lawyers blamed the university’s athletics department for trying to squelch the assault allegation.

David W. Miles, president of the board, said today that Ms. Mason had his “full trust and confidence and that of this board as well,” according to the AP. However, a state lawmaker told the Des Moines newspaper that the “finger pointing” is hardly over.

“The buck needs to stop someplace, but I don’t think we know where it is yet,” said state Rep. Clel Baudler, a Republican. —Paul Fain