Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - President Baker announced he is stepping down as President of Northern Illinois University effective June 30, 2017. The Daily Chronicle and Northern Public Radio have both reported that Pres. Baker read a prepared statement during this morning's Board of Trustees meeting in...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - Is Northern Illinois University and Dr. Baker deliberately contradicting statements made by the Office of the Executive Inspector General in their report on NIU released May 31st? The scathing OEIG report [here] on NIU Affiliate Employees included facts and findings regarding the hiring of...
Dekalb Co (ECWd) – Dear Editors, If the current budget impasse in Springfield weren’t enough to concern citizens about the future of education in the State, the reports of malfeasance at Northern Illinois only add one more level of complexity to an already difficult situation. An issue...
Northern Illinois University, DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) – Is Dr. Baker of NIU sitting on another negative report about his administration? We have obtained FOIA (Freedom of Information Act) results that indicate that the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees have engaged the firm of Franczek Radelet Attorney’s...
DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) – In response to the scathing Office of the Executive Inspector General’s report in reference to complaints lodged against NIU President Douglas Baker and others, where the OEIG stated that “President Baker mismanaged Northern Illinois University” the BoT appears to not even be...
DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - On May 31, 2017, the Office of the Executive Inspector General publicly released a scathing report of findings in a nearly three-year long investigation into complaints against several employees, including NIU President Douglas Baker, of Northern Illinois University. We have to say,...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - NIU and President Doug Baker’s administration continue to dazzle with their numerous creative ways to circumvent state rules. The ban on reimbursement of employee commuting costs seems to be quite clear in the state travel rules, but Baker seems determined to...
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY (ECWd) - Attention students, and parents of students, at Northern Illinois University! If you are unhappy with the high dorm prices, pay attention to this story! Considering NIU’s own reporting of a dorm room’s fair market value to the IRS, you should be...
Northern Illinois University - (ECWd) - Is it better for a state agency to misrepresent its practices to the Office of the Auditor General or to the Public Access Bureau of the Attorney General’s office? That is the dilemma in which Northern Illinois University (NIU) finds...
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, DEKALB, IL. (ECWd) - The Office of the Executive Inspector General ("OEIG") investigation of Northern Illinois University ("NIU") and its President, Douglas Baker, may have been wrapped up after more than 18 months - but the college is still paying legal fees, month after month, with no apparent...
