Article: Rose Bowl Expenses Billed as Research Costs; University of Michigan Charges Questioned

Government auditors have found that the University of Michigan made unallowable or inappropriate charges to federal research for such expenses as the Rose Bowl and a Martin Luther King Day celebration.

The auditors found $8.3 million in questionable expenses in Michigan's general and administrative accounts, including $5.9 million that the university had withdrawn earlier this year. That left about $2 million in dispute.

The findings of a draft audit conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services makes Michigan the first public college where government investigators have found substantial mischarges to federal research projects. The ongoing investigations of 20 colleges have ...

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