Bill in Virginia would make university donor information secret
A bill proposed in Virginia would make university donor information secret (see
story). That would be a shame. Already many public universities are able to keep that information secret through the use of non-profit foundations. It would be a shame for Virginia to regress to a similar state of secrecy. The university says there are internal checks in place to prevent corruption, but we know that checks don't always work. For example, check out a
story in the UCLA Daily Bruin from November where a student journalist uncovered donors providing money in return for their children to get admitted to the competitive dentistry school. So much for internal checks. The best check on government corruption is transparency.