Yale Daily News

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Faculty object to searches

Univ. copies info from hard drives in response to grant accounting investigation

Staff Reporter
Published Friday, February 2, 2007

As a federal investigation into possible mismanagement of grant monies at Yale enters its eighth month, some professors are speaking out against what they say is an inappropriately invasive response from the University.

At a faculty meeting Thursday, some science professors said the University is impinging on privacy and academic freedom by copying documents from professors’ hard drives and requiring faculty members to undergo mandatory training or supervision in the grant administration process. But administrators said they have already addressed one of the faculty’s concerns...

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