FARGO, N.D. (AP) - An outside investigator says North Dakota State University president Dean Bresciani did not violate state Board of Higher Education policy with the way he handled a plan on media guidelines for athletics.
North Dakota University System Chancellor Mark Hagerott called for the investigation after Bresciani scrapped the guidelines following criticism by journalists and others. Bresciani said he wasn't consulted on the rules and his news release rescinding them included an apology from NDSU athletic director Matt Larsen.
Kathy Perkins, an attorney from Kansas, says in her report released Monday that Bresciani told the truth about his lack of prior knowledge of the guidelines. Perkins added that the president could have limited the controversy had he ''communicated more fully'' with Hagerott.
The board's audit committee will review the report.