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Iowa Board of Regents orders investigations into alleged social-media policy violations, delegates authority to presidents and executive director
Summary
The Iowa Board of Regents voted unanimously to direct the three public universities to investigate alleged violations of board social-media policy, place employees under administrative leave as warranted, and delegate future investigatory authority to the executive director.
The Iowa Board of Regents voted Wednesday to direct the presidents of the University of Iowa, Iowa State University and the University of Northern Iowa to immediately investigate alleged violations of board policy related to social media and, where warranted, place employees on administrative leave.
The measure, adopted by roll call, also authorized university presidents to take “immediate action up to and including termination” based on investigation findings and delegated to the board’s executive director the authority to order investigations of future alleged violations, including temporary administrative leave.
Regent Ryswick moved the measure and Regent Gipple seconded it. The…
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