Private funding long under fire

The school lacks oversight of how millions of dollars in donations are used, faculty say

By Rob Perez

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 23, 2012

~~<p>As a Senate panel prepares to press University of Hawaii officials Monday about accountability issues in the wake of the Stevie Wonder concert debacle, faculty are questioning a lack of transparency in the raising and spending of millions of dollars in private funding at UH each year.</p>
<p>Long before the university lost $200,000 in the apparent concert scam, faculty raised concerns about what they describe as a secretive system in which outside money, typically routed through nonprofit organizations, is collected and spent with little public oversight.</p>
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As a Senate panel prepares to press University of Hawaii officials Monday about accountability issues in the wake of the Stevie Wonder concert debacle, faculty are questioning a lack of transparency in the raising and spending of millions of dollars in private funding at UH each year.

Long before the university lost $200,000 in the apparent concert scam, faculty raised concerns about what they describe as a secretive system in which outside money, typically routed through nonprofit organizations, is collected and spent with little public oversight. Login for more...