A human-rights group has accused the dean of Wright State University's School of Professional Psychology of abetting abusive interrogations of prisoners while he was a team commander for psychologists at the Guantánamo military base, and has asked the Ohio Board of Psychology to revoke his license, the Dayton Daily News reported. The dean, Larry C. James, is a retired Army psychologist who served two stints at Guantánamo, in 2003 and in 2007-8, the newspaper said. He could not be reached for comment on Wednesday, but has faced such accusations in the past and has repeatedly denied having witnessed the abuse of detainees. The new allegations were lodged by the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School on behalf of four complainants.

The University of Wisconsin's quick hiring of one of Gov. Jim Doyle's top administrators to a high-level position probably violated the university's own policies on hiring, the state's attorney general wrote in response to a legislator's query, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. But the attorney general, J.B. Van Hollen, said he had no authority to investigate the matter and instead referred it to the state Board of Regents to review. David F. Giroux, a spokesman for the university system, told the Associated Press that the regents were reviewing Mr. Van Hollen's letter and would respond soon.

An institute director at Florida A&M University and the president of the FAMU Federal Credit Union, which is not part of the university, are accused in a federal indictment of conspiring to embezzle grant funds the university received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, an ABC news affiliate, WTXL, reported. A federal prosecutor in Tallahassee said Robert Nixon, of the university's Institute on Urban Policy and Commerce, and Eugene Telfair, the credit union's chief, face charges of conspiracy, theft from an organization receiving federal funds, and embezzlement. The charges relate to the use of approximately $134,000 in grant funds that had been deposited in a credit-union account. Neither of the accused men could be reached for comment.

Roy J. Nirschel, president of Roger Williams University, resigned abruptly late last week, the university announced on Tuesday without specifying a reason. During his nine years as president, Mr. Nirschel helped improve the university's financial footing, creating an advisory Board of Overseers to cultivate donors. He also oversaw the institution through a controversial period that led to a major expansion of the Board of Trustees. His departure caught the faculty by surprise, The Providence Journal reported, particularly since he had recently announced a sweeping academic-reorganization plan.

Michigan State University’s branch campus in Dubai International Academic City is terminating its undergraduate programs, after losing millions of dollars since opening two years ago, The National, a newspaper in Abu Dhabi, reported. The campus had about 100 undergraduate students. A master’s program in human resources and labor relations will continue, as will executive education and research. Jeffrey Riedinger, Michigan State’s dean of international studies, said the problems stemmed in part from timing. The campus opened in August 2008, just before the recession hit. High fees may also have deterred students.

Leaders of Dana College, who announced last week that the 126-year-old private Nebraska institution would close this fall, worked with potential buyers and state officials over the weekend in a last-ditch effort to save the college, the Omaha World-Herald reported. Key to the effort will be persuading the college's accreditor to reverse a decision that would force the potential new owners to apply for accreditation on their own, rather than allowing Dana's current accreditation to continue after a change of control. The state's governor, Dave Heineman, a Republican, said he would contact the head of the accrediting body's board and argue on Dana's behalf.

Sallie Mae announced on Thursday that it would move its corporate headquarters from Reston, Va., to Newark, Del., as part of a restructuring begun after Congress passed legislation to end the bank-based federal student-loan program. The company's latest cost-cutting move follows an announcement in April that it would lay off 2,500 employees. Sallie Mae already employs 900 people at a facility in Delaware and plans to add a significant number of new jobs over the next five years, the state's economic-development office said.

A Republican lawmaker has asked the state attorney general to investigate the University of Wisconsin system's decision to give a high-level job to Gov. Jim Doyle's top aide, the Associated Press reported. The aide, Michael Morgan, is scheduled to take office next week as a senior vice president of the university at a salary of $245,000 a year -- $108,000 more than he makes as administration secretary to Governor Doyle, a Democrat. The university did not post the position or conduct a formal search, and e-mails show that Mr. Morgan was offered the job before he submitted a résumé. The system's president, Kevin P. Reilly, has said he skipped the search process because he needed someone of Mr. Morgan's caliber in the job immediately.

For Grambling State University, a bad investment is turning out to be doubly bad. Stocks purchased for $2.6-million during the 2008-9 fiscal year had lost more than $1-million in value by the end of that year, and the purchase was illegal because it was made using state funds that could be legally spent only on university facilities, a report from the Louisiana legislative auditor says. The university concurred with that finding and others in the report and promised to take corrective action. It was unknown whether local prosecutors would pursue criminal charges based on the audit findings, The News-Star, a newspaper in Monroe, La., reported.

Four people were injured when hydrogen ignited during a laboratory experiment on Monday at the University of Missouri at Columbia, The Columbia Tribune reported. Three of those injured—two postdoctoral researchers and a graduate student—were treated and released. The fourth victim, who was not further identified, suffered what were described as life-threatening injuries, but was hospitalized in "good" condition. [Update:] Fire officials on Tuesday retracted earlier statements blaming human error for the explosion, saying they were still investigating possible causes, including technical failure of the equipment the researchers were using. The university is also investigating the accident.