DeGeurin said Slade never tried to hide her purchases and blamed the problems on other TSU employees who had mismanaged the paperwork. Two TSU workers were indicted, but one had charges dropped.
Witnesses who testified on Slade’s behalf credited her with increasing enrollment, constructing new academic buildings and increasing donations to the school.
“Give Slade back her good name. Give her back her life,” DeGeurin said. “She was the greatest thing that happened to Texas Southern University.”
The allegations against Slade 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 in five years.
--Associated Press
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