NCSU panel formed to look at Mary Easley controversy

RALEIGH (AP) - Trustees at North Carolina State University have created a panel to investigate the scandal over a controversial job that was given to a former governor's wife.

The News & Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that the new panel will try to figure out what went wrong and whether policies should be changed to prevent a recurrence.

Former first lady Mary Easley was terminated from the $170,000-a-year job she held at the school after the former board chairman, the chancellor and provost left their posts.

Trustees also named a search committee to find a new chancellor. Interim Chancellor Jim Woodward is the retired head of UNC Charlotte.