Ultra-wealthy university names a school after ultra-wealthy donor who stans Ron DeSantis and thinks political influence is a rite of passage for the rich.
a “Dean’s Interest List” to identify applicants tied to major donors or potential donors. Giving money to schools like Harvard is fluffing the cushions for a tiny hyper-elite stratum of the population that is guaranteed to play a hugely disproportionate role in shaping American life. The accumulation of gratuitous donations simply widens the resource gulf between this stratum and the general public.
But it would be naive to assume that Griffin, a 54-year-old alumnus of Harvard, is unaware of that. Countless underfunded colleges that serve people from underprivileged backgrounds could be transformed by large donations, but gifts to elite universities aren’t pure acts of beneficence. At the level of wealth that Griffin possesses, money is the go-to tool for building cache and wielding influence.
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