The academic at Columbia University who exposed bogus data that caused the esteemed university to fall in US college rankings.
Has accused the administration of lying and trying to cover up the incident.
Professor of mathematics Michael Thaddeus claimed that by using fabricated data to boost Columbia University's.
Position in the prestigious US News & World Report rankings.
The university prioritised money over students' education in order to support an expanding, top-secret bureaucracy.
After admitting to using "outdated and/or erroneous methodology" in some of its earlier statements regarding the calibre of the education .