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In reply to the discussion: George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,457 posts)71. Charles Koch gave nearly $48 million to George Mason University
Charles Koch gave nearly $48 million to George Mason University
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2016 9:09 am
Associated Press |
FAIRFAX George Mason University, a public school outside the nations capital, has quietly become a conservative powerhouse in economics and law, a reputation built in part with tens of millions of dollars a year from billionaire Republican donor Charles Koch.
From 2011 to 2014, the Charles Koch Foundation gave nearly $48 million to George Mason in one form or another, tax records show. Though Koch divvies up more than $20 million annually among hundreds of U.S. universities through his foundation, no other school got more than $1 million annually in that period.
Although it is not unusual for billionaires including those on the other end of the political spectrum to donate large sums to schools, the size of the donations has raised concerns among some George Mason students and faculty about maintaining academic independence, echoing unease that has cropped up at other schools that benefit from Kochs largesse.
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Kochs giving has tripped alarms at George Mason, where boards and institutes are peppered with people with close ties to Koch Industries. ... In 2014, the last year for which records are available, the foundation gave $16.8 million to George Mason and its Institute for Humane Studies. That accounts for more than a third of the money GMU gets from private sources: The Council for Aid to Education, a not-for-profit organization that drives corporate giving to colleges, reports Mason received $44.6 million in donations in fiscal 2013.
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2016 9:09 am
Associated Press |
FAIRFAX George Mason University, a public school outside the nations capital, has quietly become a conservative powerhouse in economics and law, a reputation built in part with tens of millions of dollars a year from billionaire Republican donor Charles Koch.
From 2011 to 2014, the Charles Koch Foundation gave nearly $48 million to George Mason in one form or another, tax records show. Though Koch divvies up more than $20 million annually among hundreds of U.S. universities through his foundation, no other school got more than $1 million annually in that period.
Although it is not unusual for billionaires including those on the other end of the political spectrum to donate large sums to schools, the size of the donations has raised concerns among some George Mason students and faculty about maintaining academic independence, echoing unease that has cropped up at other schools that benefit from Kochs largesse.
....
Kochs giving has tripped alarms at George Mason, where boards and institutes are peppered with people with close ties to Koch Industries. ... In 2014, the last year for which records are available, the foundation gave $16.8 million to George Mason and its Institute for Humane Studies. That accounts for more than a third of the money GMU gets from private sources: The Council for Aid to Education, a not-for-profit organization that drives corporate giving to colleges, reports Mason received $44.6 million in donations in fiscal 2013.
The Institute for Humane Studies? I've never heard of them.
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George Mason law school to be renamed the Antonin Scalia School of Law [View all]
Eugene
Mar 2016
OP
Doubtful. The school would have a board. The State legistlaure could get involved,
FSogol
Apr 2016
#65
Hey! Don't lump Neanderthals with racists! We're not the least bit racist. In fact, we even bred
valerief
Mar 2016
#23
I hear ya. I refer to it as National as well. Friends who are commercial airline pilots
LuckyLib
Mar 2016
#44
That would knock out Leland Stanford Junior University (the official name), more commonly
24601
Apr 2016
#49
Considering that George Mason was pretty much the founder of The Bill of Rights,
1monster
Mar 2016
#48
That's like 10 big giants coming up and all taking a massive shit on the school
davidpdx
Apr 2016
#51
Will they now teach a class in how to manipulate the law to benefit your friends?
olddad56
Apr 2016
#67