May 5, 2006

Report on N.J. Medical School Takes 2 Top Officials to Task

By KARIN FISCHER

Atop academic dean at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey allegedly falsified financial statements so that he could be paid a $15,000 annual bonus, while a trustee of the public health-sciences institution pressured university officials into a real-estate deal that benefited a contributor to his political campaign, according to a federal report released last week.

The report, by a federal monitor appointed to oversee the troubled university, says that R. Michael

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