Professor Accused of Coercing Foreign Students to Be Servants
By
Elizabeth Redden
November 20, 2018
The University of Missouri at Kansas City failed to stop a pharmacy professor accused of coercing international students from India to do personal chores for him such as busing tables at social events, taking care of his dog or houseplants, or bailing water out of a flooded basement, The Kansas City Star reported.
Students said they feared losing their visa status if they did not comply with the demands of the professor, Ashim Mitra. One student said that when he told Mitra he would not act as a servant, "he threatened to kick me out of the university and force me to lose my visa and lose everything."
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/11/20/professor-accused-coercing-foreign-students-be-servants
