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- ... the mockery made of academic standards when, after donating $200,000 to the psychology department, Epstein was appointed as a visiting fellow there despit
by catgary 6y ago
- ... the mockery made of academic standards when, after donating $200,000 to the psychology department, Epstein was appointed as a visiting fellow there despite a complete lack of appropriate academic qualifications.
Can we take a moment, and just laugh at the fact that for some reason it's cheaper to buy yourself a visiting fellowship in the Harvard Psych department than it is to buy your kid a seat in the undergraduate psychology program?
Edit: I guess the most most eyebrow-raising revelation for me is that these positions are, in fact, for sale.
- conistonwater 6y agoI assume in one case the money goes to the department, in the other only a small fraction of it does, so the department is okay with it.
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- dannykwells 6y agoI am sure from a fundraising perspective, the 200K was seen as the tip of the iceberg. Harvard plays the long game. The goal is to grow donors from small contributions like this to those 1000x or more larger.