In the most recent snafu at UW-Whitewater, former liberal arts dean Howard Ross is being asked to return $113,000 in mismanaged expenses, according to records obtained by the Associated Press Tuesday.
Ross was demoted to a professor position when a 2006 audit discovered he had violated spending rules, charging $310,000 on UW-Whitewater credit cards, as many of the expenses were not supported by documentation that could show if the expenditures were ""appropriate.""
The incident further complicates the ever-tentative state UW System relationship, as U.S. Rep. Mark Green, R-Green Bay, the Republican gubernatorial candidate, called the spending yet another example of state waste by the university.
Additionally, 11 state assembly members have called for Ross' firing.
Ross told the Associated Press Tuesday that he is now in the process of collecting receipts dating back to 1999 to show his expenses were legitimate and used specifically for UW-Whitewater needs.
