Dollars for Profs

Dig Into University Researchers' Outside Income and Conflicts of Interest

Published Dec. 6, 2019

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Financial doc
Filing Type

Financial Disclosure

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Lawrence Lesser

University of Texas at El Paso, Department: Mathematical Sciences

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Lawrence M. Lesser

Listed Reason

tutoring of an EPISD high school student in precalculus; because my role at UTEP includes working with present and future teachers in our local schools, this tutoring will keep me that much more current

Additional Comments

the number of hours was well within what I estimated and what was approved the compensation rate and total were well within the range that I estimated when successfully obtaining prior approval The person I tutored is not a UTEP student or paid employee, so there is no conflict of interest. The tutoring occurred at a private residence. As explained previously, this activity does not interfere with but actually reinforces my work at UTEP by not only keeping me fresh on mathematical content that I have not taught for years, but also keeping me current on issues related to curriculum and the learning of this content by students in a major local district (EPISD) where many of our graduates teach. And, as also already explained, the amount of time involved would be quite minimal -- less than many people might spend in a week by, say, preparing meals or attending a UTEP football game. The tutoring occurred on Sundays or during evenings -- i.e., not during normal business hours.

Filed on March 29, 2018.

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Name Institution Type Company Disclosed Value
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE)
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP)
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Lawrence M. Lesser
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Lawrence Lesser University of Texas at El Paso Financial Disclosure Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE)
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