The editors said that an official in the university's facilities management department told them that a high-level administrator had directed maintenance workers to remove the newspapers.

The report led to investigation of many high-level administrators.

Contributions not designated for a specific branch library are used for salaries for high-level administrators and a bloated bureaucracy.

They mention the four secretaries and say she has berated high-level administrators during meetings.

In part, the two high-level administrators said, the attendance records were sometimes inadvertently inflated, resulting from a lackadaisical approach to tracking truant and missing students.

Traditionally, workers who are considered managers, high-level administrators or highly skilled professionals have been exempted from overtime coverage.

Bob Gibson, the Hall of Fame pitcher, is said to be involved as a high-level administrator of the league.

Columbia provides apartments for full-time faculty members, full-time graduate students and a number of high-level administrators.

And while she praises high-level administrators like President Charles M. Vest, who backed her, she remains concerned about university life.

"All employees should notice that some changes will be made - from changes in high-level administrators to changes in our schools," he said.