Temple hires outside counsel to investigate Hope Center

Image:  An outside law firm is looking into various issues at Temple University’s Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, an internationally known research and advocacy group run by sociologist Sara Goldrick-Rab. Fay Trachtenberg, a lawyer with Temple’s Office of University Counsel who focuses on employment discrimination, notified center employees of the investigation via email, directing them to comply fully with the inquiry and refrain from discussing the case or destroying...