10 Former Students Lose Degrees in Southern U. Grade-Changing Scandal
Date: Thursday, January 05, 2006
By: Nikki G. Bannister, Black College Wire
Ten former students at Southern University have lost their degrees after a two-year investigation into charges that a student presented false credentials to the graduate school.
The former students are subject to criminal indictment.
A former assistant registrar pleaded guilty Dec. 19 to bribery charges stemming from the grade-buying scandal, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate, which said that Cleo Carroll Jr., 56, of Baton Rouge, faced up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
A sentencing hearing was expected in late February or March, the newspaper said.
Carroll was accused of taking $7,700 from five former and current students to change their transcripts. Prosecutors alleged that Carroll took bribes between October 2001 and February 2003. He worked at the university from 1971 until 2003.
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