Bloomberg went to Hopkins as an undergraduate student, and that experience is largely why he donates so much money to Hopkins. A big chunk of his current and pa

Bloomberg went to Hopkins as an undergraduate student, and that experience is largely why he donates so much money to Hopkins. A big chunk of his current and past donations went to non-research aspects of undergraduate life (scholarships, improvements to the undergraduate campus, improvements to buildings that serve undergraduates, etc). Also, his donations have gone to things that traditionally are associated with looks and prestige, like the new buildings and moving parking to underground garages. I think part of what Bloomberg is doing is allowing the Hopkins undergraduate school to be what any top-rate university would want to be without making the kinds of sacrifices that Cuban is critical of.