The former fund raiser at St. John’s University in New York who is accused of stealing more than $1-million from the university now also faces federal charges accusing her of forcing students to work as personal servants in order to retain scholarships she had awarded them, The New York Times reported. The former administrator, Cecilia Chang, was suspended by the university last year. A state prosecutor in Queens announced the theft charges against her two weeks ago. The new charges emerged on Thursday at a hearing in federal court in Brooklyn, where bail was set at $1.5-million. After the hearing, one of her lawyers denied the federal charges, saying the students’ work for Ms. Chang was a normal part of the St. John’s work-study program.
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3 Responses to New Charges Accuse Former Fund Raiser of Forcing Scholarship Students to Do Chores for Her
davegillespie - October 1, 2010 at 7:00 am
Imelda Marcos, reincarnated?
22280998 - October 1, 2010 at 11:22 am
Just what were the rest of the university administrators doing all this time? Are “student servants” just one of the perks that deans get? Maybe it’s time for an university-wide audit?
lost_angeleno - October 1, 2010 at 11:33 pm
This falls in line with the same moral criteria that allow professors to publish books based on research done by unnamed grad students. Maybe that’s why some Big Book historians have been convicted of plagiarism: students rebelling against exploitation by presenting unattributed direct quotes as summaries of their readings. Viva La Revolution!