Freeman: University largely exonerated in Board of Regents review
J.D. Sumner
Albany State University President Everette Freeman says that the university is taking immediate and substantial steps following a probe by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents that found that the university had improperly admitted students who failed to meet academic entry requirements.
Speaking to students, faculty and staff at a town hall meeting at noon Friday on campus, Freeman said that the investigation brought by the regents came after a letter was sent by the Albany chapter of the American Association of University Professors alleging a wide range of regents policy abuses at the school, including financial mismanagement, fraud and even improper use of human test subjects for research purposes.
Following the investigation, Freeman said that only one of the claims was ultimately substantiated by the BOR
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