A former dean of the Camden campus of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey doctored the grades of several medical students so they wouldn’t fail, a report from a federal monitor overseeing the troubled institution says, according to The Star-Ledger, a newspaper in Newark, N.J. The monitor’s report is scheduled to be released on Monday.

Paul R. Mehne, whose official title was associate dean for academic and student affairs, was relieved of his duties three months ago, just before he was to retire. The monitor’s report, according to The Star-Ledger, says that all grades were sent to Mr. Mehne before going to the campus’s registrar, and that the dean coerced the directors of medical clerkships to award passing grades to students who did not pass standardized tests. Clerkships are specialized training periods in which third- and fourth-year medical students work with patients under a doctor’s supervision in areas such as family medicine, internal medicine, and obstetrics and gynecology. Some of the students who allegedly benefited from grade changes are now practicing medicine, the newspaper said.

The monitor, Herbert J. Stern, a former federal judge, has overseen financial operations of the university for two years, since federal regulators threatened to sue the institution on accusations of Medicaid fraud.

Anna Farneski, a UMDNJ spokeswoman, said the monitor’s findings were “painful,” but added that the university had put reforms in place to prevent similar occurrences.

A number of top administrators and trustees have left or been fired from the university amid allegations of sweetheart deals, financial mismanagement, and possible misconduct. A former dean of the institution’s School of Osteopathic Medicine and a state senator were indicted on federal charges related to the investigation in March. —Martin Van Der Werf