The Oregon State Board of Trustees voted 12-2 on Wednesday to place university president F. King Alexander on probation through June 1 as a result of his involvement in the Les Miles scandal at LSU, where he was the president at the time.
According to a public letter from Oregon State board chair Rani Borkar, the board reviewed the Husch Blackwell report, which detailed systemic failures by LSU to appropriately report incidents of athletics-related sexual misconduct and abuse. The report revealed that Alexander knew of the allegations against Miles when he was hired as president in 2013.
On Wednesday, the board heard "extensive public comments, reviewed written communications from members of the public; held a public discussion with President Alexander" about his leadership over Title IX during his tenure at LSU, which ended in December 2019.