Settlement Reached in Academic Fraud Case

Louisiana State University has reached a settlement with another former instructor, who claimed that the university retaliated against her after she blew the whistle, on what she suspected was academic fraud involving student athletes.   Tiffany Terrell Mayne will receive $112,500, according to a report in the school newspaper. In a terse, three-sentence statement, LSU Vice Chancellor Michael Ruffner said the university “continues to deny any wrongdoing relative to Mayne's former employme