U. of Illinois Chancellor Apologizes to Faculty

Richard Herman, the embattled chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, delivered a remorseful apology to the university’s Faculty Senate today over his role in the “clout” scandal, according to The News-Gazette, a local newspaper. Faculty members, who reportedly applauded after Mr. Herman’s speech, postponed their scheduled vote on a resolution calling for his resignation and that of B. Joseph White, the university system’s president.