Audit reveals distance learning fee revenue spent outside of statute - Madison Fantozzi, FIUSM

Students are petitioning for its elimination and President Mark B. Rosenberg is unsure of how it can be reduced, but the Office of Internal Audit may have found a way to lower FIU Online’s distance learning fee. Auditors reported in the first audit of FIU Online in April that “significant” and “considerable” amounts of distance learning fee expenditures in fiscal year 2011-2012 violated state statute, concluding that the distance learning fee could be reduced with compliance to policy. This proved true. The distance learning fee decreased nearly 13 percent from the $199 charge in 2011 to $160 this semester for a three-credit course after the department agreed to comply and put in place better controls over its spending. However, Dean of University College Joyce Elam said the audit’s criticisms were matters of “grey areas.” http://fiusm.com/2013/11/24/audit-reveals-distance-learning-fee-revenue-spent-outside-of-statute/