Big Salaries and Lax Governance at Kansas City Osteopathic University

The Kansas City Star has published a detailed investigation of relaxed financial controls at the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. Karen L. Pletz, the university’s president, had her compensation increase from $261,000 in 1999 to nearly $1.2-million before she was fired, in December. The newspaper also describes large pay packages for other ousted officials at the small university, instances of nepotism, and a governing board that never reviewed federal tax filings. The university is now involved in both an internal investigation and an audit by the Internal Revenue Service.