Shake-Up Follows Probe of Police Chief's Degree Credentials

Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, July 24, 2008; Page B02 Some senior officials are leaving their posts at Virginia Commonwealth University following an investigation that found a police chief was improperly allowed to graduate after taking just two classes there. Previously, officials at the Richmond school had said some people were disciplined in connection with the inquiry, without naming them. Yesterday, a university spokeswoman declined to link the administrative shake-up to the incident. But VCU Rector Thomas Rosenthal said he would not say the departures were unrelated; he added that the school could not discuss personnel actions. Last month, a VCU investigation concluded that Rodney Monroe should not have been given a VCU degree last year because he had not completed requirements for transfer students to earn at... [read full story]