Western New Mexico University critics flag outsize spending
Administrators led by President Joseph Shepard travel internationally and host lavish furnishings at the Santa Fe and Silver City campuses, prompting questions about cost benefits as the university draws few international students and raises tuition. Valerie Plame, Shepard's wife, and board members accompany the trips. Critics cite a heavy spending culture amid a town with high poverty and a low local student share.
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Brenda Findley, former vice president of business affairs at Western New Mexico University, filed a 2018 lawsuit against the WNMU Board of Regents alleging improprieties in public fund expenditures by Dr. Shepard. The suit claims Shepard directed salary hikes for a rent-free tenant near his home and ordered janitors to clean his house and perform personal chores.
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