Universities didn’t always have power-house fundraising foundations supporting them - they came into popularity in the Reagan-era economy when government drastically cut higher education funding, so more and more schools had to turn to private donors.
Today, foundations - like the one at UConn - have moved to center stage in the search for higher education dollars. But, if a foundation is raising money for a public university, should it make its records open to freedom of information laws? Some lawmakers think yes.
This hour, we’ll listen back on a panel sponsored by the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government and WNPR -- about what information the UConn Foundation should make public. New legislation is pushing for transparency, and after years itlooks like a compromise between legislators and the foundation is possible.
GUESTS:
- Alexa Capeloto - Assistant Professor of Journalism at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Author of several paperson university foundations and freedom of information
- Derek Slap - Associate Vice President of External Relations at the UConn Foundation
- Michael McLachlan - Republican State Senator serving the 24th district
- Dan Toscano - Chair of the UConn Foundation board of directors, foundation donor
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Lydia Brown and John Dankosky contributed to this program.
Listen to the unedited panel discussion:
