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Prairie Gates

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2. This is dishonest: most protests are asking schools to DISCLOSE and divest
Sun May 5, 2024, 10:25 AM
May 2024

The problem is that it's unclear what the endowments are doing, as the article readily confirms in the the paragraphs right after the one you posted:

Those demands came despite the students having little information about where U.S. college endowments actually put their money. The schools — which sit on holdings worth a staggering $850 billion combined — must disclose some of their largest public stakes in annual regulatory filings but are not required to fully disclose their holdings. They generally refuse to divulge precise details behind their investments. Even public universities’ annual reports and regulatory filings are light on specifics.


I guess the finance students don't actually have access to this information either.

From the information that can be discerned, the rest of the article in some ways disputes the headline, identifying numerous investments in weapons manufacturers that work with Israel.

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