BARRY FENCHAK FOR PENN STATE TRUSTEE
Responsible governance. For a change.
There was not much in the way of Governance conducted at the November Board of Trustees meetings, but I will just highlight a couple of items, within a brief chronological summary of the non-governance goings-on that might be of interest.…
Read More Penn State Board of Trustees: Meeting Report, November 2021
Under Eric Barron, and the Penn State Board of Trustees, Penn State has taken the largest drop in the nation. Is it time for a change? Since 2014 Penn State University has taken the largest drop in rankings of any…
Read More What are the Ratings Services Saying about Penn State?
What good things could Penn State do with an extra $1.2 Billion? Over the last few years, the fees paid out to Penn State's Investment Advisers have increased from approximately $11 Million per year, to nearly $75 Million per year.…
There has been an abundance of confusion regarding the recent ruling by the Supreme Court in the case against the NCAA. This ruling has often been conflated with the “Names Image and Likeness” (NIL) legislation that now allows student-athletes to…
Last year, Penn State University President Eric Barron announced that standardized test scores (aka, the SAT Test) would not be required in admissions applications. The rationale behind that change was reasonable: due to COVID restrictions, the SAT Board drastically scaled…
Read More Penn State Admi$$ion$: The Changing Admissions Landscape in a Post-COVID Era
PSU Athletics: In-classroom success under Sandy Barbour Sandy Barbour has now been at the helm of Penn State Athletics for seven academic years. Her fiscal, managerial, and fund-raising shortcomings – both at Penn State and at her previous position at…
Read More Penn State Athletics: Seven Years of Sandy Barbour, Part II – Academics
Long-time PSU Trustee Ira Lubert resigned on December 7th, 2020 - the same day as Pearl Harbor Day, appropriately enough given Ira Lubert's track record as the implementer of His "Sneak Attack" Sandusky Claimant settlements. Ira Lubert, long-time PSU Trustee…
The Changing Landscape of NCAA Control: Names Image and Likeness The Nittany Lions celebrate after Penn State won a thrilling season opener with a 36sdkfsldfkj-yard field goal as time expired to defeat the University of Central Florida 26-24 in the…
As many are aware, Penn State has a 38-member Board of Trustees. Penn State's Board is approximately three times the size of the average board of Big Ten Universities. Why?Many governance experts - including former PA Auditor General Eugene DePasquale…
As Ira Lubert leaves the Penn State Board (because, after 15 years on the Board, he exceeded the Board's 12 year term limit) lets look back at Lubert's tenure as a Penn State Trustee. Among all of Lubert's notable and…
Read More Ira Lubert’s Black Box: The Sandusky Claimant Settlements
BARRY FENCHAK FOR PENN STATE TRUSTEE 