Today, former FBI Director Louis Freeh released his investigative report into the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State.  In some ways, my time there seems like it is a long way in my past, but in others it’s still very fresh in my memory.  The unfolding of the scandal less than two months before I left, and over the subsequent eight months, has kept me connected to my former employer in ways that I never would have anticipated when I accepted the job here at Michigan State.

Today I published a commentary piece in The Chronicle of Higher Education about the release of the Freeh report and its findings.  I won’t repeat what I said there; you can read it for yourself.  Suffice it to say that reading the report, and then writing about what it means for Penn State, has saddened me a great deal.  But I believe that the story needs to be told to ensure that these kinds of heinous crimes, and inaction on the part of the leaders of the university, are not repeated at Penn State or elsewhere.  My thoughts are with the victims of the crimes and their families, as well as with all my friends and colleagues back at Penn State who will be dealing with the fallout of the scandal for some time into the future.