Students erect ‘shantytowns’ at Johns Hopkins University in 1986 to call for divestment from South Africa.
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In the 1980s, university administrators called the police on anti-apartheid protesters, threatened to revoke their scholarships and ordered staff to demolish encampments.
A ‘divest from death’ banner at a University of Oregon protest against the Israel-Hamas war on April 29, 2024.
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The announcement didn’t use the word ‘divest.’ A legal scholar explains why that shouldn’t matter.
Scott is giving dozens of predominantly nonwhite schools their biggest donations ever, including Chaffey College in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
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Before you invest your money in going to a particular college, you should figure out if a school is financially healthy enough to keep its doors open, two veteran college administrators warn.
Stanford will most likely have to pay a new higher ed tax.
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As students head back to campus, the ever higher cost of a college education is once again top of mind. The presidents of Colorado College, Penn State and Xavier University weigh in on what’s to be done.
Graduate students and others rally against the proposed GOP tax reform bill.
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Republican lawmakers say the proposed changes to the tax code would ‘streamline’ higher ed benefits. But this overhaul would squeeze many, if not most, students and schools.
Harvard, located along the Charles River in Cambridge, boasts the largest endowment at $37.6 billion.
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Ted Lechterman, Stanford University McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society
Offering money as a form of atonement is easier for the movie mogul than finding someone who will accept it.
The Rhodes Must Fall movement accused the University of Cape Town of having blood on its hands for investing in the mining company Lonmin.
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Universities have the power to transform society not just through how they operate their campuses, but also through how they invest their endowments and pensions funds.
The statue of John Harvard, the first benefactor of Harvard University.
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A bill before Congress is proposing colleges and universities with endowments of at least $1 billion spend 25 percent of the money on financial aid. What is the proposal missing?
Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies and Donald A. Campbell Chair in Fundraising Leadership, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
Chancellor’s Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs, Philanthropy, and English; Executive Vice Chancellor and Dean of the Faculties Emeritus, Indiana University