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  James Brandt handle.invalid · May 13
  "STEM looks like a productive source of revenue, while humanistic study represents political risk and financial expense. Which would a university run like a business be more likely to invest in and nurture? If that question seems easy to answer, then the very idea of a university is at serious risk"
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    LPE Blog handle.invalid · May 13
    Today, Kelly Grotke explains how universities’ misguided responses to the 2008 financial crisis laid the foundation for the current financial and social crisis in higher education.
    

    Reckoning with the Reckoning in Higher Ed

    Universities' decisions in dealing with the 2008 financial crisis laid the foundation for the current financial and social crisis in higher education.

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  Allison Tait athenais.bsky.social · May 13
  Put this post on the top of your reading list. 🍿👍🏻 Terrific discussion of university leadership/directors/trustees and the widespread failure to prioritize fiduciary duty to endowment beneficiaries over endowment returns and profit ventures. @lpeblog.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/reckoni...
  

  Reckoning with the Reckoning in Higher Ed

  Universities' decisions in dealing with the 2008 financial crisis laid the foundation for the current financial and social crisis in higher education.

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