Top universities fall behind in transparency

IN A RECENT transparency report on China's higher education released by the Institute of Law of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, some top universities including Peking University and Tsinghua University, failed to make it into the top 10 regarding information disclosure. Comments:

For the universities in China which are financially supported by the government, disclosing information is the least they can do to fulfill their responsibilities to taxpayers. No matter the reason, corruption-related or not, they should be held accountable for concealing information and receive due punishment. Unfortunately, those universities that fail to honor the public's right to know seem to be able to get away with it.

Deng Haijian, a guest commentator with gmw.cn, March 12