Almost 8,000 ‘Ghost Students’ Discovered in Minnesota Colleges
“have cost the Minnesota public university system $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants”
This is fraud. These people enroll in order to gain access to financial aid and then split.
The Post Millennial reports:
Over 7700 suspected ‘ghost students’—people who take taxpayer funds for college then never show up—found in Minnesota
Over 7,700 suspected “ghost students” have now been flagged in the Minnesota public education system. This comes as the federal government is working to crack down on fraudsters and scammers across the nation.
Scammers known as “ghost students” enroll in colleges, claim financial aid, then disappear with taxpayer funds, and the Minnesota State system, which has 33 colleges and universities, has now identified over 7,700 in the 2024-2025 school year in the public university system.
The Minnesota education system was recently given $3 million to verify students as well as identify scammers. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon has previously said in a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that “ghost students” have cost the Minnesota public university system $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants.
“In Minnesota, 1,834 ghost students were found to have received $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants and loans. They collected checks from the federal government, shared a small portion of the money with the college, and pocketed the rest—without attending the college at all.”
The Republicans in the House recently passed the No Aid for Ghost Students Act, sponsored by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT).
“Taxpayers deserve confidence that every dollar spent by the federal government is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse. When fraudsters exploit federal student aid programs, taxpayers foot the bill, and legitimate students lose out,” Owens said when his bill passed the House last week.
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Fraudsters seem to gravitate to Walz country like coyotes gravitate to cat poop.
Because the government is run by abject morons who think teen boys need tampons. Sugar Walz… what a pathetic bit*h.
These students are probably dual-enrolled at learing centers.
Ha1 While running a hospice out of their taco truck.
I would think that the authorities have the students SSN. So if, and that is a big if, the SSN are not stolen and the students are Americans, then eventually they should be exposed to garnishment of pay. This assumes that we won’t have visionaries such as Joe Biden giving away the store.
Students who don’t complete an assignment during the first week or so of class should be reported as no shows and become ineligible for financial aid. Either these institutions don’t have adequate procedures or the faculty aren’t doing their job. Or both.
That assumes that the schools wouldn’t consider accounting for the money being the same as being racist. Or something similar.
There are requirements for receiving federal financial aid, both for the institution and for the student. I get threatening e-mails three times a year that remind me how important it is to report no shows.
Almost 8,000 ‘Ghost Students’ Discovered in Minnesota Colleges
The democrat’s dead voter legacy.
They gave the school a cut? I think the government should get repaid by the schools if the ghost student cannot be found in 30 days. That might shut down a few colleges so there would be fewer jobs for professors and the admin staff’s that have gotten larger number over the years.