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In reply to the discussion: WEE December 4, 2015 I'll start......I'll start with some...... [View all]antigop
(12,778 posts)59. Koch-funded center approved at Western Carolina University
http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/education/article47942585.html
Your cue, Hotler.
Despite faculty opposition, Western Carolina Universitys Board of Trustees approved the creation of a center on free enterprise likely to be funded by the conservative Charles Koch Foundation.
The board voted unanimously Friday to approve the WCU Center for the Study of Free Enterprise. The center, to be led by an economics professor, was previously endorsed by the universitys provost and Chancellor David Belcher.
Now that the center is created, the university will seek $2 million over five years from the Charles Koch Foundation, which was established by billionaire businessman Charles Koch. He and his brother, David Koch, are known for funding conservative, libertarian, pro-business and anti-regulation causes. The foundation has been in talks with the university about the gift, but no written pledge has been received, Belcher said.
The boards decision comes 10 months after the UNC systems Board of Governors dissolved three academic centers that were aligned with progressive issues or professors.
One of those eliminated was UNC-Chapel Hills Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, a foundation-funded entity led by law professor Gene Nichol, a frequent critic of Republican elected officials in North Carolina. Members of the Republican-dominated board said the decision, which followed a systemwide review of centers and institutes, was not about politics.
The board voted unanimously Friday to approve the WCU Center for the Study of Free Enterprise. The center, to be led by an economics professor, was previously endorsed by the universitys provost and Chancellor David Belcher.
Now that the center is created, the university will seek $2 million over five years from the Charles Koch Foundation, which was established by billionaire businessman Charles Koch. He and his brother, David Koch, are known for funding conservative, libertarian, pro-business and anti-regulation causes. The foundation has been in talks with the university about the gift, but no written pledge has been received, Belcher said.
The boards decision comes 10 months after the UNC systems Board of Governors dissolved three academic centers that were aligned with progressive issues or professors.
One of those eliminated was UNC-Chapel Hills Center on Poverty, Work and Opportunity, a foundation-funded entity led by law professor Gene Nichol, a frequent critic of Republican elected officials in North Carolina. Members of the Republican-dominated board said the decision, which followed a systemwide review of centers and institutes, was not about politics.
Your cue, Hotler.
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