The Office of the Comptroller of Puerto Rico issues a favorable opinion with exceptions on compliance with the collaboration agreements between the University of Puerto Rico and a nonprofit corporation. The agreement of September 15, 2014 was intended to consolidate the research and educational agendas of the UPR and of the nonprofit corporation, in order to achieve the development, stability, and prosperity of the Island. To this end, the UPR designated as liaison an assistant professor of Social Sciences at the UPR in Humacao.
The Report reveals that important provisions of the agreement were not complied with. For example, the UPR Central Administration did not designate all the liaisons of each university unit, nor does the agreement mention the functions of the liaisons. In addition, the professor designated as liaison only had the written designation authorization for the 2014-15 academic year, and in the first semester of 2016-17 she dedicated 75% of her time to non-teaching tasks instead of the 58% established in the agreement.
The two-finding audit notes that from 2007 to 2016 the liaison professor of the UPR in Humacao used her teaching time for purposes unrelated to university service. The professor also served as executive director of an entity A, a member of the Board of Directors of a nonprofit corporation (entity B), and a member of the Board of Directors of an entity C.
In this regard, our examination revealed that, contrary to the General Regulation of the University of Puerto Rico, the Administrative Board of the UPR in Humacao granted her four leaves without pay to occupy a position that was not of public interest for which the professor would generate income. In addition, prior to her designation as liaison, the professor did not comply with her work schedule of 37.5 hours per week and only attended three of the 19 departmental meetings held from August 2014 to December 2015 in the Department of Social Sciences of the UPR in Humacao.
The Report covers the period from January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2016.
See Audit Report CP-18-01
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