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'''David Charlow''' ([[CC]] '85, BUS '92) is an allegedly corrupt former financial aid director at Columbia University. Charlow owns shares in a company called Education Lending Group. The group runs a service called Student Loan Xpress, which is classified as a preferred lender<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/finaid/downloads/Lender_Comparison.pdf  Comparison of CU preferred lenders]</ref> at Columbia. This represents a clear conflict of interest for David Charlow.
 
'''David Charlow''' ([[CC]] '85, BUS '92) is an allegedly corrupt former financial aid director at Columbia University. Charlow owns shares in a company called Education Lending Group. The group runs a service called Student Loan Xpress, which is classified as a preferred lender<ref>[http://www.columbia.edu/cu/ssw/finaid/downloads/Lender_Comparison.pdf  Comparison of CU preferred lenders]</ref> at Columbia. This represents a clear conflict of interest for David Charlow.
  
Charlow was suspended and placed under investigation by the [[New York State]] Attorney General's office. In May [[2007]], shortly after [[Commencement]], Charlow was fired.
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Charlow was suspended and placed under investigation by the [[New York State]] Attorney General's office.<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/24655 "Charlow Suspended Amid Allegations of Corruption"], Columbia Spectator, April 5, 2007.</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/education/05loans.html "Student Loans Led to Benefits by College Aides"], New York Times, April 5, 2007.</ref> In May [[2007]], shortly after [[Commencement]], Charlow was fired.<ref>[[http://www.ctvnewsonline.com/archive.php?content=detail&s=39 "David Charlow, Associate VP of Student Affairs and Head of Financial Aid Suspended"], CTV, April 5, 2007.]</ref>
  
 
Other financial aid directors at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California are involved in similar scandals.
 
Other financial aid directors at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California are involved in similar scandals.
  
Charlow had been a candidate to succeed Athletics Director [[John Reeves]] in [[2004]].
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Charlow, who [[Crew|rowed]] for Columbia for four years, and coached the [[Crew|lightweight crew]] team from 1987-1989, had been a candidate to succeed Athletics Director [[John Reeves]] in [[2004]].<ref>[http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/15091 CU Financial Aid Director Considered for AD Job - The Spectator April 28, 2004]</ref>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
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== External links ==
 
* [http://www.columbiaspectator.com/?q=node/24655 "Charlow Suspended Amid Allegations of Corruption"], Columbia Spectator, April 5, 2007.
 
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/education/05loans.html "Student Loans Led to Benefits by College Aides"], New York Times, April 5, 2007.
 
* [http://www.ctvnewsonline.com/archive.php?content=detail&s=39 "David Charlow, Associate VP of Student Affairs and Head of Financial Aid Suspended"], CTV, April 5, 2007.
 
  
 
[[Category:Scandals]]
 
[[Category:Scandals]]
 
[[Category:Administrators]]
 
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Revision as of 17:49, 28 November 2007

David Charlow

David Charlow (CC '85, BUS '92) is an allegedly corrupt former financial aid director at Columbia University. Charlow owns shares in a company called Education Lending Group. The group runs a service called Student Loan Xpress, which is classified as a preferred lender[1] at Columbia. This represents a clear conflict of interest for David Charlow.

Charlow was suspended and placed under investigation by the New York State Attorney General's office.[2][3] In May 2007, shortly after Commencement, Charlow was fired.[4]

Other financial aid directors at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Southern California are involved in similar scandals.

Charlow, who rowed for Columbia for four years, and coached the lightweight crew team from 1987-1989, had been a candidate to succeed Athletics Director John Reeves in 2004.[5]

References