True Financial Transparency

Kirtan Patel November 6, 2011

President Bharucha has continued to stress that transparency will be required in order to overcome this financial situation. However, the actual process in gathering financial data for The Cooper Union has been a convoluted and confusing one.

The Cooper Union:
- Scattered information
- Confusing as hell
- Tax returns that require a CPA degree to understand

Sources:
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Memo From the President
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Seemingly every other school:
- Coherent yearly Financial Report
- Easily available

Sources:
Harvard Annual Financial Reports
Oxford Financial Statements
Penn Annual Financial Reports
NYU Financial Statements
Columbia Financial Statements
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