Flawed record keeping in Ohio University's College of Business' MBA graduate program in India has sparked a three-year flood of investigations. Despite multiple university reports that have concluded otherwise, some professors still claim the program is corrupt.
Clerical errors allowed one Indian MBA student to graduate when he shouldn't have and three others to advance from one academic quarter to the next with GPAs below the required minimum. Those three would have had to repeat classes under normal circumstances, according to an internal university audit.
College of Business Dean Glenn Corlett said he considers the incorrect filing of grades a mistake
a conclusion several investigations have also reached. But marketing professor Ashok Gupta said he believes the director of the India MBA program, Nanda Rangan, raised the grades intentionally, and he was punished severely for calling Rangan's actions into question.
This difference in opinion has brought about nine university investigations and damaged the College of Business' reputation, Corlett said.
Still, Provost Kathy Krendl said she has no doubts about the program's integrity.I don't have any reason to have any suspicions -- the clerical errors have been corrected Krendl said. I believe that the reputation of the institution is very much in place.
