Statement Regarding Student Records Investigation

On July 16, 2007 the Manhattan District Attorney’s office announced the indictment of ten individuals, including three Touro College employees, for "their involvement in a scheme to create and sell fraudulent student transcripts" at Touro College.

As evidenced by Mr. Morgenthau’s statement above, Touro College’s own vigilance and oversight led to the discovery of unauthorized changes in student records. Mr. Morgenthau noted the College’s "exceptional assistance to the investigation." Touro cooperated fully with the law enforcement authorities, providing them with the information necessary for them to identify the accused – a then-director of admissions for a division of the College and two individuals: a director of a neighborhood extension center and a lower-level administrator. The three individuals have been terminated from their employment at Touro. The seven other individuals named in the indictment were not Touro employees.

While the District Attorney’s office has not released all of the details of their findings, we believe the alleged unauthorized activities were limited in scope. Acting with the guidance of law enforcement authorities, Touro has taken the steps necessary to ensure the security and the integrity of all of its records and is pleased that our systems have operated successfully to identify the problems highlighted by this event.

Touro continues to perform due diligence regarding this matter. We have the utmost faith in the integrity of our academic degrees. We will continue to work to ensure the public trust in Touro College, which now educates over 23,000 students in 29 locations in the United States and abroad.