May 9, 2008

U. of Washington Faults Study-Abroad Trip Leader

By KARIN FISCHER

An independent inquiry into a University of Washington study-abroad program in Ghana has concluded that the program's director had failed to "appropriately handle" the challenges she and her students faced on the trip. The program was cut short after the medical evacuation of half of its participants last summer.

The report, which was conducted by a lawyer in Washington State who specializes in personnel matters, found that the five-week trip, to a remote village in rural Ghana, was a

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