With the major news events that have taken place at the University over the past week, today's University Board of Regents meeting could stray from the typical business agenda.
Regent Daniel Horning (R-Grand Haven) said he plans to bring up the release of the results of the investigation into the Michigan men's basketball program, as well as the firing of former Michigan coach Steve Fisher.
"I just think that with the way the whole thing came together, that as a University, we did not deal with it well," Horning said. "Steve Fisher never got a chance to react to the report before news media outlets started calling him a liar and a cheat."
Regent Olivia Maynard (D-Goodrich) said she thinks the basketball investigation, as well as the class-action lawsuit filed against the University on Monday that seeks to end race-based admissions, will both be discussed, but not in extensive detail.
"Certainly I think there will be some discussion, but I don't think there will be long hours of discussion," Maynard said. "Those are issues that we're not going to deal with this month. They're issues that are ongoing."
The regents will meet in Flint on Thursday and in Ann Arbor on Friday at 9:30 a.m. in the Regents' Room in the Fleming Administration Building.
Following general remarks by University President Lee Bollinger, the regents will discuss the University's external audit report - an annual financial evaluation of the University by private companies such as Ernst & Young LLP.
Maynard said it is unlikely the audit report will reveal anything shocking.
"I think we would have known ahead of time if there was something serious in it," Maynard said.
A public comments session, which will begin at 11 a.m., will finish off the monthly meeting.
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