Outsized ‘boat checks’ from state schools prompt call for probe

BOSTON – Reports about the soaring compensation costs resulting from perks offered to senior officials in the state university system prompted a call for an investigation from state Sen. Ryan Fattman (R-Webster), who cited a recent news story about a retired Bridgewater State University president's pay. "I am greatly concerned that lax personnel policies and extravagant benefits for senior officials and administrators needlessly burden both taxpayers and tuition payers," Fattman said in a lette

BOSTON – Reports about the soaring compensation costs resulting from perks offered to senior officials in the state university system prompted a call for an investigation from state Sen. Ryan Fattman (R-Webster), who cited a recent news story about a retired Bridgewater State University president's pay. "I am greatly concerned that lax personnel policies and extravagant benefits for senior officials and administrators needlessly burden both taxpayers and tuition payers," Fattman said in a lette…