Hide Article Text (OCR)
Barrow Extension Center case' . . . /; . ' *• • • V If « I * • . » ' i ## . , ♦ * 4 .•will be taken to grand juryFairbanks Daily News MinerRichard Ivey, coordinator of the Barrow Extension Center at the University of Alaska, was also bookkeeper for Inupiat University at Barrow at the same time, court records indicate.Both institutions are being investigated by State Troopers and other authorities in con-lt; f • • * • • «• t . •nection with financial irregularities, and the former president of Inupiat University has been charged with felony embezzlement of public funds.A Troopers’ spokesman has said information from the investigation of the two organizations will be taken to a Grand Jury in late December or early January.Ivey was associated with the Barrow Extension Center from Aug., 1975, until Aug. 17,1976, according to a University of Alaska spokesman; and was coordinator at the time of his termination. A recent report by Dr, Paul Gulyas of the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education said some UA students had received credit through the center in 1975 for 30 courses that were not taught.The center is being investigated in connection with applying for state tuition grants for non-existent classes, Gulyas said last month;Ivey was suspended from his job July 30 and was fired Aug. 17, 1976, according to UA President Robert v Hiatt. In a letter to the commission Nov. 9 Hiatt said Ivey was fired and student records frozen because of evidence uncovered by a UA auditor “plus other unauthorized personal involvements with Inupiat University.Hiatt said an auditor had* * » ; V m * 4 ► * / * • » « Sfound some checks for teachers were endorsed and made pay-able to Inupiat University and some of the teachers who allegedly had endorsed them said they had not done so.Inupiat University is a separate institution legally. Its president James Milne, who had been associated with 1U since Feb., 1975, has been charged with felony embezzlement of jpublic money in a charge filed by Troopers in Barrow. Milne has since been suspended from his post.The charge centers on a federal check for $18,950 made payable to inupiat Universityand dated July 6, 1976. Bank records indicate Milne obtained a cashier’s check made out to a travel agency on July 15, for $10,848, Troopers charge. Milne is charged with converting the government funds to his ownBesides those records, the charge is based on the statement of Ivey, court records show. He is listed as bookkeeper for Inupiat. The Troopers’ charge states that Ivey contends the check was a refund for excess FICA taxes withheld from employes of Inupiat University.Documents filed by Milne’s attorney indicate a search of Inupiat University buildings took place July 28, 1976 by Barrow police and a state trooper.Milne’s attorney has also asked for a temporary restraining order “to prevent the Dis rict Attorney’s office from using the evidence obtained (in the search) before the Grand Jury.’’; The case is now being handled in Barrowuse.Something is wrongin Native Educationby Dennis DemmertAfter nearly a century of American education, Natives have only a tiny number of trained professionals, and at the same time, each generation; has less knowledge of Native ways and Native culture. Something is wrong! What is it!Are Natives lacking in intelligence and ability! Educational research once “proved” that, but newer research indicates that Natives and non-Natives have similar abilities and intelligence. We know now that generally Natives are just as able as non-Natives-but we also know that Natives still have problems in school. The dropout rate is higher and achievement rate lower for Natives than for non-Natives.Are Natives lacking in motivation and desire for education? Some educational researchers contend that that is the problem? but as a Native who has worked in education, I cannot accept that contention. I’ve seen too much tough determination wasted to accept that idea. If anything, the successes we have had are a tribute to exceptional Native efforts and desire. Still, too many Native people with tremendous desire for education and the intelligence to “make it” simply aren’t making it. What is wrong?
Newspaper Details
Fairbanks Tundra Times
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Wed, Dec 22, 1976
Page 15
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 16 Aug 2020
Other Publications Near Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Daily News Miner
Fairbanks Weekly News Miner
Fairbanks Evening News
Fairbanks Daily Times
