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Divided Loyalties

Chronicle of Higher Education

March 14, 2010

What happens when a trustee also has a business relationship with the university? A Chronicle investigation of 618 private colleges found that one in four have financial ties with trustee-affiliated companies. These relationships are common at both small liberal-arts colleges and large research universities. The connections, ranging from a few thousand dollars' worth of business to multimillion-dollar contracts, involve banks, law firms, construction companies, and insurance conglomerates.

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