She inflated her resume and peddled a fake Time cover. Trump appointed her to the State Department.
Mina Chang sports a subtle smile on the cover of a Time magazine “Special Edition,” with a swaggering headline that reads, “We change the world: Modern humanitarian in the digital age.”
The fabricated Time cover is just one of Chang’s listed accomplishments and résumé line items that has come into question after an NBC News investigation found that the 35-year-old Trump appointee embellished her work history and made misleading claims about her professional background. It has been a persistent problem for President Trump’s administration: an apparent failure to recognize red flags when vetting potential hires and appointees.
Chang did complete a program at Harvard, but one very different from the prestigious institution’s master of business administration degree. Chang attended an eight-week course known as the “Advanced Management Program,” Brian Kenny, Harvard Business School’s chief marketing and communications officer, told The Post.
The program’s website says that graduates of the course “will become a lifetime member of the HBS alumni community,” but Kenny said it is “not on the same footing as an MBA.” Last year, the school’s acceptance rate for its MBA program was 11 percent, he said. But the Advanced Management Program has open enrollment. As long as an applicant’s employer sponsors them, and the firm can meet certain standards and foot the $82,000 fee, the person is admitted.
Chang also exaggerated the scope of her nonprofit’s work, NBC News reported. In public appearances, she claimed Linking the World operated in dozens of countries and impacted thousands of people. But her organization’s tax filings do not contain concrete information about overseas projects and show a budget of less than $300,000 with a handful of staff, according to NBC News.
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