Despite Policies The Evidence Points To Excess College Trustee Conflicts Of Interest

A new report finds that 70 percent of Massachusetts’ wealthiest private colleges did business in fiscal 2009 and 2010 with companies affiliated with trustees on the schools’ boards, a number strikingly higher than the national average of 25 percent. Such arrangements are widely considered to be conflicts of interest. Many of the schools said they have policies designed to keep conflicts of interest from adversely affecting university decisions. But none of themdenied that some of their trustees do have conflicts. Read more at:
http://articles.boston.com/2012-05-01/news/31521845_1_private-colleges-college-trustees-universities