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Another Divide Between Public and Private Universities: Sunshine

Chronicle of Higher Education

July 2, 2009

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) has argued that all that government support should result in more transparency.And the Internal Revenue Service is working to raise reporting standards for nonprofit colleges and universities."We receive tax benefits that total millions of dollars," says Colin S. Diver, president of Reed College. "The old days, when even the elite private institutions could say, ‘We're a private club" and shut the doors, are gone."

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