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University Alumni are withdrawing donations, citing identity politics and political correctness.
College Students Protest, Alumni's Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink
"The worst part," he continued, "is that campus administrators are wilting before the activists like flowers." Yale College's alumni fund was flat between this year and last, according to Karen Peart, a university spokeswoman.
nytimes.com
Alumni of elite liberal arts colleges are beginning to cut back on donations they make to their almae mater. They cite the escalating campus protests, which they see as political correctness out of control. Most of these disgruntled alumni are older, white, male, and work in finance. That makes their objections unsurprising.




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You seem to have an axe to grind here because your inserting a bunch of stuff that no one is saying. The reason the alumni are pulling money out is not because students are protesting for free parking but because they are protesting for against racism and wanting to create a more welcoming and fair environment for a more diverse student body.
Meanwhile, colleges don't give a shit because they're busy milking their current student populace for cash.
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Why is the percentage of the budget that comes from students relevant to if universities are "milking their student populace for cash"? Milking doesn't imply to me that they are getting the majority of their money from students just that tuition levels are higher than most people can afford to pay. I agree with you that the attitude of "I pay your salary so you must do what I say" is a bad attitude to have but I don't think it would be a better one if it were true that they did pay your salary. It's an attitude that, whether it's coming from students or donors, makes university a transactional institution rather than what it should be, a place for learning and reaserch independent from the impositions of people unqualified to decide on things like class choices.
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Whether or not it's an excellent return depends entirely on your perspective. If you're facing sitting under a mountain of student debt for the foreseeable future it really doesn't matter how good the university is or how good the resources are. Especially if you've no guarantee of a job that pays enough to pay it off afterward. It also depends on how you view university education in general. If you think of it as a privilege that only those who can afford it deserve, then yeah of course it will seem like a good return on an investment. However if you see it as something that everyone should have access to then it will seem like you are being exploited just as it would if you were forced to pay for grade school.