Morehouse College 'Misued Funds:' $1.2 Million to NASA, NSF
After an investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office revealed Morehouse had misused grant funds, the school must pay NASA and the NSF $1.2 million.
Morehouse College has agreed to pay $1.2 million to the National Aeronautics and Space Administion and the National Science Foundation (NSF), after a federal investigation revealed that the school had misused funds provided by several grants that were awarded to the school to promote enrollment in scientific fields of study. The investigation, which was handled by the United States Attorney’s Office, NASA Office of Inspector General and the NSF Office of Inspector General, revealed that a former Morehouse employee in charge of the grants had expended some of the funds for purposes not permitted by the grants. A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s office did not detail how the funds had been misused. In addition to paying $1.2 million …
Glen McDaniel
10:37 pm on Tuesday, August 16, 2011
My only question is why this misuse of funds was not found by routine audit and why there was no compliance program in place. Oversight is expected and should be routinely practiced by every entity that receives grants. more ›