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Re:Harvard and its peers should be embarrassed about how few... by quickthrowman on Friday April 09, 2021 @02:14PM (#26753956)
> 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

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Re:Harvard and its peers should be embarrassed about how few... by lupire on Friday April 09, 2021 @03:27PM (#26754960)
Donors are about a quarter of the class, not all of it.
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Re:Harvard and its peers should be embarrassed about how few... by MolHill on Friday April 09, 2021 @08:57PM (#26757961)
If you aren't paying, you're the product, per https://www.conradbastable.com/essays/the-uncharity-of-colle...
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