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The Freeh Report directives are clear: Penn State University must change the football-pre-eminent culture that allowed a predator to prey on children, its highest-ranking administrators failing in their duties in order to protect the program.
One of the most challenging tasks facing the university, according to the report, is transforming the culture that permitted former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to molest 10 boys over 15 years.
The report from former FBI Director Louis Freeh directs the entire university community — students, faculty, staff, alumni, the board of trustees and the administration — to change its culture into one centered on ethics and values.
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