“Over 7700 suspected ‘ghost students’—people who take taxpayer funds for college then never show up,” were “found in Minnesota,” reports The Post Millennial:
This comes as the federal government is working to crack down on fraudsters and scammers across the nation.
Scammers known as “ghost students” enroll in colleges, claim financial aid, then disappear with taxpayer funds, and the Minnesota State system, which has 33 colleges and universities, has now identified over 7,700 in the 2024-2025 school year in the public university system.
The Minnesota education system was recently given $3 million to verify students as well as identify scammers. Department of Education Secretary Linda McMahon has previously said in a letter to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz that “ghost students” have cost the Minnesota public university system $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants.
“In Minnesota, 1,834 ghost students were found to have received $12.5 million in taxpayer-funded grants and loans. They collected checks from the federal government, shared a small portion of the money with the college, and pocketed the rest—without attending the college at all.”
The Republican-controlled House of Representatives recently passed the No Aid for Ghost Students Act. “Taxpayers deserve confidence that every dollar spent by the federal government is protected from waste, fraud, and abuse. When fraudsters exploit federal student aid programs, taxpayers foot the bill, and legitimate students lose out,” said the bill’s sponsor.
Under Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, “student achievement tumbled even as spending on schools skyrocketed.”
The man tapped by Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to write Minnesota’s ethnic studies curriculum called for the “overthrow” of the United States, because he says it is “irreversibly racist”, reported the National Review.
A non-partisan national think-tank gave Walz an “F” for fiscal management, the lowest score of any state governor.
The head of a Minnesota-based think-tank said that Walz
is a small-minded, mean-spirited man…Walz’s character defects are considerable, but let’s leave it at this: he was largely responsible for the George Floyd riots that devastated Minneapolis and other cities, because he dithered for days rather than calling out the National Guard. By his own admission, he held off out of sympathy for the rioters’ cause. We are still living with the consequences….Under Walz, Minnesota became a high-crime state for the first time ever…Under Walz, increases in energy costs have far outstripped the national average.
