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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: rangerrebew on January 31, 2024, 06:21:53 pm
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$500 million Harvard megadonor halts donations, says elite schools produce ‘whiny snowflakes’
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Matt Egan, CNN
Tue, January 30, 2024 at 3:40 PM EST·3 min read
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Hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin, who has donated more than $500 million to Harvard University over the years, has halted contributions to his alma mater and claimed elite schools produce “whiny snowflakes.”
Griffin, one of the richest people in the world, joins a growing list of donors to Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia and other top schools who have decided to close their checkbooks.
At a conference in Miami on Tuesday, Griffin expressed deep frustration with the state of American universities, including the disastrous testimony before Congress by the presidents of Harvard, MIT and UPenn.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/500-million-harvard-megadonor-halts-204013749.html