Documents received by the research website Follow the Money show that the offices have a say in the appointment of professors and lecturers, the content of the education and even the content of a textbook. Sponsors would also encourage monitoring of students.
The issue described specifically concerned the specialization ‘indirect taxation’.
Follow the Money recalls an inaugural lecture from 2020 by Leiden professor of tax law Jan Vleggeert, who cannot escape the impression that professors of tax law with a commercial interest “suspectfully often take a position that is in line with the client’s interest”.
Source: accountant.nl
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