Report Finds Study Abroad Students Were Mistreated

An independent investigation of a 2007 study abroad program in rural Ghana found that the 17 University of Washington students on the trip were mistreated, concluding that the instructor had "improperly handled complaints concerning illnesses, lack of food and poor content of lectures," the Daily writes. The report also says the instructor's husband misbehaved on the trip, allegedly calling the participants "imperialists" during a student's visit to a clinic.

The instructor refutes the report's claims, mostly blaming the nongovernmental organization that sponsored the trip for the problems: "The report is seriously flawed, incomplete and full of factual inaccuracies."

The students were not reimbursed for the program but instead received $2,500 for their troubles.