Cal State Northridge Chief Orders Debt Investigation
The president of Cal State Northridge has ordered an internal investigation into the school’s failure to account for most of the $675,563 in advances to employees and campus organizations that went uncollected and virtually unnoticed for years until flagged by state auditors.
Acknowledging that the disclosure in The Times of the debts has raised questions about the school’s stewardship of public funds, Cal State Northridge President Blenda Wilson asked the university’s top financial administrators to give a full accounting of the debts by May 9.
Auditors of Cal State University found that the school had paid hundreds of employees $512,688 in salary, travel and so-called hardship advances through the end of the 1994-95 school year. In addition, several campus auxiliaries, including the University Foundation and Associated Students, owed an additional $162,875.
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