How the Tax Code Helps The Richest Colleges Get Richer




Sirota show

Summary: Elite universities are known as places that cultivate young minds and provide a world-class education -- but they are also big money operations, and some critics are starting to ask tough questions about how they spend all that cash. On this episode, I talk to Charlie Eaton, a University of California-Merced professor whose report details how elite universities are receiving billions of dollars of special tax breaks every year -- but are not necessarily using the money to make college more affordable.