DeGeurin has argued the spending was legitimate and done to court donors and that Slade's focus was on improving the university, not enriching herself.
The spending scandal cost Slade her job in April 2006. She and three other TSU workers were later indicted. TSU's former chief financial officer, Quintin Wiggins, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in May.
The allegations coincided with reports that revealed a pattern of financial mismanagement at TSU and prompted Gov. Rick Perry to call for a state takeover of the university that was later put on hold. The entire nine-member board of regents resigned at Perry's request.
Enrollment at TSU this fall, 9,544 students, is at its lowest point in five years. School officials acknowledge enrollment has been affected by the various scandals at TSU.
— Associated Press
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