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...push for alumni to give back to Harvard through the HCF begins before seniors graduate, and the solicitations only increase in frequency and intensity as the years pass. They are usually quite successful; the money gained from the generosity of Harvard alumni??€”around $80 million per year to the HCF alone—is the fuel that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) requires to keep running...
...Yale football game, today may be the largest single gathering of uninebriated Harvard alumni each year.) Harvard is governed by its alumni; it is the alumni who (technically) elect the Board of Overseers, which (technically) controls the appointment of top University officials. Today is the one opportunity for the alumni??€”the real powers-that-be here at Harvard—to engage in a face-to-face discussion regarding the University’s direction. Inevitably, that opportunity will be squandered...
...University’s own rhetoric does—that their motives for contributing to Harvard are as crass as wanting to marginally improve their children’s admissions odds. Today I’ll toss my cap into the air and join the ranks of Harvard alumni??€”and I too will take offense at the University’s underestimation of my commitment to my alma mater. I can only hope that the University’s top officials—who, after all, are (technically) selected by the alumni??€”will join...
...subcommittee of Harvard’s Advisory Committee on Shareholder Responsibility—composed of faculty, students, and alumni??€”attempts to evaluate the school’s policy on indirect investments, it will weigh many of the same arguments that ultimately left Princeton and Chicago on divergent paths...
...pounds donated to a university by alumni, philanthropists or businesses will be matched by one pound from public funds, up to £2 million ($3.9 million). British government and higher education officials hope the scheme will entice universities to more aggressively solicit donations from private sources, including alumni??€”largely considered an untapped resource. Presently, even elite schools in Britain rely heavily upon the government for their funding. In developing a new model for higher education funding, British officials have taken U.S. state universities—many of which have amassed sizable endowments of their own?...