Uc Investments Stays Course On Israel Investments
UC Investments manages US$ 169 billion in retirement and endowment funds. The University of California President is Michael V. Drake. His office has released a statement on the ongoing protests occurring on college campuses. According to the statement he “has consistently opposed calls for boycott against and divestment from Israel. While the university affirms the…
College Graduations Begin In Maine Even As Protests Disrupt Ceremonies Around The U.s.
Protests have mostly been small and peaceful on Maine campuses, where students have joined the call to end to the war in Gaza and for their schools to divest from defense funds.
Trust In The Media Has Tanked. Are We Entering A ‘post-news’ Era?
Declining trust in news media is partly about navigating a tsunami of digital content. Do people want unbiased news? How do they judge quality?
‘divest From Israel’: Easy Slogan, Challenging For Universities
Getting universities to divest from companies that support Israel is not as simple as many student protesters hope. :
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State Capitalism In Private Markets: Mission Creep | Cfa Institute Enterprising Investor
Governments relish mingling in markets. Yet, if past policies are any guide, taxpayers are being shortchanged. :
Governments worldwide have a long and storied history of directing capital flows to and within private markets to meet public policy objectives. But encouraging private capital is preferable. When generous tax breaks are awarded to wealthy investors and capital commitments are made to subpar fund managers, public accountability requirements and performance targets are rarely met. At the extreme, state capitalism rests control of capital flows with the state. The state chooses the winners, full stop.
Calls To Divest From Israel Put Students And Donors On Collision Course - The New York Times
To get protesters off campus lawns, Brown University and others have agreed to consider ending investments linked to Israel. But how?
Michigan Couple Who Once Gave $128M To 550 Employees, Turn Their Attention To College Scholarships
Bob and Ellen Thompson are expanding the scholarship program at Bowling Green University. :
Bob and Ellen Thompson, a couple in their 90s, are donating $121 million to expand a scholarship program at Bowling Green State University. But there are strings attached to make sure recipients earn degrees. According to the terms, 80% of the students receiving support must graduate within four years. Otherwise, the public school in Ohio has to foot the bill for each extra semester of tuition.
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Mercury News Letters to the Editor for May 3, 2024.:
Nice to hear about the Doug and Kris Tompkins’ great work to create and expand 15 national parks in Chile. While I am glad to have their work archived for future research on environmental policy, it is really quite ironic that this should end up at Stanford, which has refused to divest from fossil fuels, the greatest threat to the very lands the Tompkins worked so hard to protect.
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Away from the back-and-forth of the campaign trail, thousands of students are taking part in pro-Palestinian encampment-style protests at more than 50 university campuses across the USSign up for The Stakes: a free newsletter on the 2024 US presidential electionHello, and welcome to the Guardian’s brand new US election newsletter.I moved to the US from the UK as a keen but inexperienced reporter in 2011, and was immediately plunged into covering the 2012 presidential election, despite having next to no knowledge of American politics.