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'''Pennsylvania State University''' (or Penn State) is a [[Pennsylvania]] [[university]] founded in 1855.<ref>http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/historyshort.html</ref> The school is semi-public, technically state related, because it is one of four schools that fall under the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, which allows schools to be independently run and publicly funded. The school ranked #48 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>

'''Pennsylvania State University''' (or Penn State) is a [[Pennsylvania]] [[university]] founded in 1855.<ref>http://www.psu.edu/ur/about/historyshort.html</ref> The school is semi-public, technically state related, because it is one of four schools that fall under the Commonwealth System of Higher Education, which allows schools to be independently run and publicly funded. The school ranked #48 in US News's 2008 "National [[University|Universities]]: Top Schools" list.<ref>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/college/rankings/brief/t1natudoc_brief.php</ref>

==Child sexual abuse scandal==

==Pedophile scandal==

In 2011, the school was the focus of national attention because of a child sexual abuse scandal involving a former football coach. Jerry Sandusky, who retired from Penn State as coach in 1999 after a previous investigation into alleged sexual abuse of a child, was arrested on November 5, 2011 on 40 counts of sexual abuse. He allegedly molested eight young boys over a fifteen-year span. Several of the incidents supposedly occurred in university facilities.

In 2011, the school was the focus of national attention because of a homosexual abuse scandal involving a child and a former football coach. Jerry Sandusky, who retired from Penn State as coach in 1999 after a previous investigation into alleged sexual abuse of a child, was arrested on November 5, 2011 on 40 counts of sexual abuse. He allegedly molested eight young boys over a fifteen-year span. Several of the incidents supposedly occurred in university facilities.

In 2002, Mike McQueary, who was then a graduate assistant and is now an assistant coach at the school, reported to [[Joe Paterno]], the head coach of the football program, that he had seen Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in a Penn State locker room. Paterno reported the incident to university officials, but the assault was never reported to the authorities.

In 2002, Mike McQueary, who was then a graduate assistant and is now an assistant coach at the school, reported to [[Joe Paterno]], the head coach of the football program, that he had seen Sandusky raping a 10-year-old boy in a Penn State locker room. Paterno reported the incident to university officials, but the assault was never reported to the authorities.