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> Kind of a weird thing to optimize for though. The part they left out is important: the endowment. They optimize for the endowment, and contributions towards

> Kind of a weird thing to optimize for though. The part they left out is important: the endowment. They optimize for the endowment, and contributions towards it. “Elites” have the most money to contribute. It’s always about the money, of which Harvard has $40.9B. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University_endowment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_University_endowment

lupire 6y ago
Donors are about a quarter of the class, not all of it.
- MolHill 6y ago
  If you aren't paying, you're the product, per https://www.conradbastable.com/essays/the-uncharity-of-college-the-big-business-nobody-understands https://www.conradbastable.com/essays/the-uncharity-of-colle...