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AfricanMustang wrote:After initially having trouble finding SMU’s audited financial statements from recent years, I just assumed that private universities don’t release them.

I was wrong.

Most of SMU’s aspirational schools—like Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Wake Forest University, and the University of Notre Dame—publicized audited financial information on their websites dating back at least five years. Vanderbilt publishes financial reports dating back 16 years. All of these schools publish the information in easy-to-find places on their websites.

Nowhere on SMU’s website does such a page exist. I sent an email to Kent Best, executive director for news and communication, to find out why the information is not published. In Best’s response, he said “the 2015 financial information is posted” and sent me a link to it ([url]see here[/url]).

I was wrong again. The information is technically published on the internet. But the only way to view the information is via the direct link—I challenge anyone to find the same financial report by simply navigating SMU’s website. Without the direct links, I could at least find the 2014 and 2013 reports by googling “SMU audited financial statements.”

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/why- ... nformation

smupony94 wrote:Digety maybe you can help me find some "research" material on the internet

Digetydog wrote:

AfricanMustang wrote:After initially having trouble finding SMU’s audited financial statements from recent years, I just assumed that private universities don’t release them.

I was wrong.

Most of SMU’s aspirational schools—like Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Wake Forest University, and the University of Notre Dame—publicized audited financial information on their websites dating back at least five years. Vanderbilt publishes financial reports dating back 16 years. All of these schools publish the information in easy-to-find places on their websites.

Nowhere on SMU’s website does such a page exist. I sent an email to Kent Best, executive director for news and communication, to find out why the information is not published. In Best’s response, he said “the 2015 financial information is posted” and sent me a link to it ([url]see here[/url]).

I was wrong again. The information is technically published on the internet. But the only way to view the information is via the direct link—I challenge anyone to find the same financial report by simply navigating SMU’s website. Without the direct links, I could at least find the 2014 and 2013 reports by googling “SMU audited financial statements.”

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/why- ... nformation

You might want to take a class in research.

- It took me 5 seconds to find the 2013 & 14 statements on the Internet.
- It took me 1 minute to find the 2014-5 Annual Report on the Internet. https://issuu.com/smudallas/docs/smu_an ... 8/31137201. It has a summary of the Audited Financial Results.

If I really cared, I could look up the report filed by the school with tax authorities. It might take an hour to find what I needed.

AfricanMustang wrote:

Digetydog wrote:

AfricanMustang wrote:After initially having trouble finding SMU’s audited financial statements from recent years, I just assumed that private universities don’t release them.

I was wrong.

Most of SMU’s aspirational schools—like Vanderbilt University, Emory University, Wake Forest University, and the University of Notre Dame—publicized audited financial information on their websites dating back at least five years. Vanderbilt publishes financial reports dating back 16 years. All of these schools publish the information in easy-to-find places on their websites.

Nowhere on SMU’s website does such a page exist. I sent an email to Kent Best, executive director for news and communication, to find out why the information is not published. In Best’s response, he said “the 2015 financial information is posted” and sent me a link to it ([url]see here[/url]).

I was wrong again. The information is technically published on the internet. But the only way to view the information is via the direct link—I challenge anyone to find the same financial report by simply navigating SMU’s website. Without the direct links, I could at least find the 2014 and 2013 reports by googling “SMU audited financial statements.”

http://www.smudailycampus.com/news/why- ... nformation

You might want to take a class in research.

- It took me 5 seconds to find the 2013 & 14 statements on the Internet.
- It took me 1 minute to find the 2014-5 Annual Report on the Internet. https://issuu.com/smudallas/docs/smu_an ... 8/31137201. It has a summary of the Audited Financial Results.

If I really cared, I could look up the report filed by the school with tax authorities. It might take an hour to find what I needed.

Hi Digety,

Good evening!

I think you missed the original author's (Chris Warley) point. Did you read the whole article in the DC link? There is no telling from the Annual Report whether those are audited statements or not. If you do read, the DC article, and click on the link to the audited reports, then you that particular report is audited and it includes the independent auditor's (KPMG) report.