Number	23961
Subject	Colleges
Source	Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (Little Rock, Ark.)
State	AR
Year	2008
Publication Date	07/02/2008; 07/04/2008; 07/24/2008; 10/11/2008; 11/12/2008; 12/12/2008
Summary	Lu Hardin, popular president of the University of Central Arkansas , received a $3000,000 bonus, approved in secret by the college's board of trustees - a violation of Arkansas' Freedom of Information Act. Trustees told the reporter that the bonus came from private funds, but she discovered that the board had used public funds in violations of rules capping the amount of public funds that can be used for college presidents' salaries.
Category	Contest Entry
Pages	17
Keywords	university fraud; sweetheart deals; improper use of funds; Lu Hardin; University of Central Arkansas; bonus; salaries;
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