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VCU administrators resign from leadership posts 

Several Virginia Commonwealth University administrators are stepping down following an investigation into the improper awarding of a bachelor's degree to Richmond's former police chief.

University officials confirmed the resignations but aren't linking them to the diploma investigation. . . .

The resignations come in light of double controversies, the Monroe degree and a task force looking into the implications of the university's acceptance of research contracts from tobacco giant Philip Morris USA.

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