SOURCE: Las Vegas Review-Journal — The chairman of the Nevada Board of Regents is seeking an outside expert to investigate whether Chancellor Dan Klaich killed research critical of his administration.
Regents Chairman Rick Trachok told the Review-Journal Thursday in an email that he is identifying and evaluating national higher education experts to conduct an investigation of the chancellor’s conduct. Klaich serves at the pleasure of the 13-member board. The regents, who are are elected by district, elect a chairman and a vice chairman.
Trachok has said he plans to retain the expert as soon as possible and the investigation results would be made public. He has not said how long the process would take.
“I understand his decision and fully support it,” Klaich wrote in an email to the Review-Journal Thursday. “I welcome an objective review of the facts.”
