He says he was promised a new role, then let go with no hearing
A former university administrator alleges he was fired without a hearing after he reported that student technology fees were being misused. He is now suing.
The complaint, filed July 24, 2026 in the US District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, names Bloomsburg University - now known as Commonwealth University - and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), together with four senior administrators. For HR readers, the filing turns on two familiar pressure points: the process owed before a termination, and whether an adverse decision followed a protected disclosure.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff joined the university in August 2018 as a tenure-track assistant professor in the College of Business. The filing says he was later named a fellow, co-coordinated a graduate program, and was promoted to associate professor in his third year rather than the standard five. He was later put in charge of a project to integrate the technology systems of three campuses, and by June 2023, the complaint states, he had been promoted to chief information officer.
The complaint alleges that he discovered a significant portion of student technology fees had been, in its words, "illegally transferred" to the state system instead of being spent locally on technology. The filing says that when he raised the issue with the university president, he was told the matter was already known but that...
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