https://www.europesays.com/2053904/ Trump administration freezes future grants to Harvard #BreakingNews:Politics #BusinessNews #DonaldTrump #Endowments #GovernmentGrants #HarvardUniversity #LindaMcmahon #Politics #TheWhiteHouse #TrumpAdministration #U.S.DepartmentOfEducation
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endowment helps to keep tuition lower
Maybe so, I heard #PrincetonUniversity Pres Christopher Eisgruber, talked about the state of higher education in America
He said, 80% of PU graduates have _no_ student loans, bc of grants, scholarships, alumni and #endowments
He said up to 40% of college students have (serious? concerned?) mental problems
#CSPANWJ Washington Journal (VIDEO)
December 4 2024 #CSPAN
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/christopher-eisgruber-on-higher-education-in-america/652719
If you worry, like me, about a #Trump tax on #university #endowments, read this new article by Gregory Conti.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/hate-endowment-taxes-reform-the-university/
(I link to a free version at Compact Magazine. But the same article appears behind a paywall in the Chronicle of Higher Education.)
https://www.chronicle.com/article/hate-endowment-taxes-reform-the-university
First, there's far more interesting history here than I thought.
Second, he takes us through a useful exercise. Consider the strongest historical rationales for tax-exempt university endowments and ask how well they apply today. You don't have respond as he does to conclude that we should be preparing our defense.
A Washington Post review of #university #endowments found few direct ties to #investments in #Israel, despite a core demand of most student protests that their universities #divest from holdings in Israel. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/05/03/university-endowment-funding-protests-israel/ #hamas #israel #Oct7 #hostages #terrorism #murder #hatespeech #antisemitism
