From the Chronicle on-line here. Money quote:
Rodney A. Erickson, told USA Today that he wanted to change Penn State’s identity “from a football factory to a ‘world-class research institution.’”
With an excellent in-depth article on governance and the danger of insularity. It’s here. The money quote comes at the end from an emeritus professor:
“I’m not surprised Penn State has a tendency to cover things up,” he said. “We almost never fire anybody here. We just change their job descriptions.”