The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Senate Committee Starts Investigation of American University's Board

By Grant Williams

Washington

American University and its Board of Trustees are under investigation by the Senate Finance Committee over the severance pay and compensation paid to the institution's former president, Benjamin Ladner.

In a four-page letter to the board last week, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa Republican who is the committee's...

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