<p>The students are trying. </p>
<p><a href=“https://twitter.com/#!/PSUHope[/url]”>https://twitter.com/#!/PSUHope</a></p>
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<p>True, but universities have a number of programs that go beyond educating undergraduate and graduate students. There are organized pre-admissions visits, all kind of athletic or academic camps during summers and breaks, and organized visits by local schools,. Just to name a few. </p>
<p>The presence of minors on a campus is substantial.</p>
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<p>I recall many years ago a colleage asked my opinion on a situation. They were new to the field and worked with a group practice. One of the physician owners of the practice asked her if she would accept the referral of a retired school principal who had apparently had some behaviors during his tenure that were “unacceptable”, and for which he now wanted help, but that they wanted to keep it quiet, citing client-patient confidentiality. I told her that IMO, she could not agree to that, for even if these incidents were not recent, there would probably be an obligation to report if any of the children were still minors, and moreso if there was any suspicion of current abuse of any minor. I could not believe that the Dr. asking her if she’d take the case hadn’t felt an obligation to report this himself. </p>
<p>I mention this because while I am not saying I agree with the GA’s decision not to intervene when he walked in on Sandusky, I can understand his initial shock, and desire to talk to a parent to figure out what he should do. Not saying it was right- but saying it was understandable.</p>
<p>And to add to xiggi’s post, university students who are minors, too.</p>
<p>Xiggi is right. Several universities run camps for adolescents (and even younger children)wherein university facilities are used and university staff coordinate the activities.</p>
<p>Y’all may find this link helpful. The data jibes with my understanding. [Mandatory</a> Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect: Summary of State Laws](<a href=“http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/manda.cfm]Mandatory”>http://www.childwelfare.gov/systemwide/laws_policies/statutes/manda.cfm)</p>
<p>Here is PA, </p>
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<p>[Penn</a> State grapples with conflict over coach’s firing, horrific allegations – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs](<a href=“http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/10/penn-state-grapples-with-conflict-over-coachs-firing-horrific-allegations/?hpt=hp_c1]Penn”>http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/10/penn-state-grapples-with-conflict-over-coachs-firing-horrific-allegations/?hpt=hp_c1)</p>
<p>The first evenhanded, locally based interviews, reputable source reporting I have read.</p>
<p>pittsburghlive.com has an article on paterno’s financial imprint. mentioned in the article is that coach and his wife gave 3.5 million to the university in 1998. it doesn’t give a timeline. was this before or after the 1998 incident?</p>
<p>For those who believe it is equivocal whether the Penn State coaching staff is a mandated reporter:</p>
<p><a href=“Football - Home - Penn State Athletics”>Football - Home - Penn State Athletics;
<p>They work with minors. Thay are PAID to work with minors.</p>
<p>It’s not a gray area in any state I’ve ever heard of. ever.</p>
<p>Paterno (was) the highest paid employee at PSU. His total compensation was over $1,000,000 annually.</p>
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Is that all? That doesn’t put him in (or probably even near) the top 10 of public university football coaches.</p>
<p>“Xiggi is right. Several universities run camps for adolescents (and even younger children)wherein university facilities are used and university staff coordinate the activities.”</p>
<p>Maybe Universities should or even do have this type of policy. I am not aware if so. I have been involved in organizations for young minors and that is the reason I am aware of those.</p>
<p>"Penn State gets a bargain and obviously an old-timer’s discount by paying Joe Paterno a bit more than $1 million a year in salary. He’s never expressed an interest in holding out for more, threatening to leave or retire, until today.</p>
<p>The list of the top ten and their respective salaries as compiled after the 2010 college football season:</p>
<p>Nick Saban, University of Alabama: $5.9 million
Mack Brown, University of Texas: $5.1 million
Bob Stoops, University of Oklahoma: $4.3 million
Urban Meyer, University of Florida (resigned after season): $4 million
Les Miles, Louisiana State University: $3.9 million
Jim Tressel, Ohio State University (resigned after season): $3.8 million
Kirk Ferentz, University of Iowa: $3.7 million
Jim Frobe, Wake Forest University: $2.9 million
Mark Richt, University of Georgia: $2.9 million
Bobby Petrino, University of Arkansas: $2.7 million"</p>
<p>PS As background, the football program at Penn State brings in yearly revenue of close to $75 million, with more than $50 million of that in profit. It is the only sports program at the university that earns a profit according to Forbes magazine, with other departments losing approximately $30 million per year.</p>
<p>Wow, I must have been looking at an old list–it had Stoops as tops with a bit over 3 million.</p>
<p>I do not believe that it’s correct that Paterno is the highest paid PSU employee. Where did you get that info? (I thought it was the CEO of the med school.)</p>
<p>Universities are used, especially in summer months, for a variety of sports related and educational programs for minors (band camp, basketball, football, cheerleading, not to mention CTY, TIP, Governors Honors and other educational enrichment programs.) The staff involved in these programs should be vetted and advised of their responsibility to report.</p>
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<p>I think it is even more than posted above. He just got a new contract. </p>
<p>Yep, it is:</p>
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<p>Most likely those summer programs sign a contract that places those kinds of obligations on them.</p>
<p>Paterno was the highest paid,from May 2011</p>
<p>Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s pay dropped in 2009, according to the tax data released by the university Friday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.</p>
<p>Paterno — the 84-year-old legend with the most wins by any coach in college football — remained the university’s highest-paid employee despite seeing his pay fall about 8 percent — or $87,183 — from 2008, the Post-Gazette reported.</p>
<p>Penn State coach Joe Paterno’s pay dropped in 2009, according to the tax data released by the university Friday, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (AP Photo)
According to the filing, Paterno’s base pay increased 2 percent to $554,136, but the Post-Gazette reported that his other reportable income dropped. His total compensation was $1,022,794.</p>
<p>The Post-Gazette stated that Penn State did not have to show the earnings of any of its employees until January 2009 when the state’s expanded Right to Know Law went into effect.</p>
<p>The other four employees, according to the newspaper, who rank in the top five of the school’s earners are:</p>
<p>— Harold Paz, senior vice president for health affairs, dean of the College of Medicine and chief executive officer of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Health System: $1,018,650.</p>
<p>— Alan Brechbill, Hershey Medical Center executive director: $944,664.</p>
<p>— Robert Harbaugh, chair of the department of neurosurgery: $930,623.</p>
<p>— Graham Spanier, president: $813,855.</p>