If books are missing from the Chicago State University library, nobody would know it because a complete accounting of the library’s collection hasn’t been done for 20 years, according to a state audit released Thursday.
University officials have told the state auditor general, who produced the findings, that the school hasn’t had the money to do a full inventory.
The audit also found an abnormally high default rate in a federally funded student loan program and discovered situations where financial assistance was being given to ineligible students.
A separate audit by the governing panel responsible for overseeing the state’s university system was released Thursday. It concluded that the university’s board spent more on salaries than permitted under its state appropriation. By resorting to that practice, the audit maintained, the board was circumventing any limits state lawmakers had placed on salaries.
