Billionaire Ken Griffin just donated to & got naming rights to Harvard GSAS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What are the most prestige degrees from GSAS? Obviously not law, engineering, business, medical, or policy. Was this just the last major college at H without a name? Did they want even more money for the medical school's naming rights?

PhDs in such subjects as math, physics and as previously mentioned, econ. I'd say those are pretty prestigious, certainly more than an MPA/MPP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

Hopefully the donation will trickle down to the GSAS PhD student TAs who are barely making ends meet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

. It’s because he is not a democrat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

Hopefully the donation will trickle down to the GSAS PhD student TAs who are barely making ends meet.

But some posters say the school doesn’t need it.

[Anonymous]

Why didn’t he donate it with the condition of removing legacy admissions, like Bloomberg did to JHU?

[Anonymous]

From the article:

“Griffin’s gift to Harvard was unrestricted, the school said, and will go to the faculty of arts and sciences, which includes the undergraduate college and PhD programs. In 2014, Griffin made a $150m donation to the elite private university, primarily to fund financial aid.”

I don’t know anything about this guy but I work in higher ed advancement and funding for graduate programs in humanities is the hardest to come by these days. Seems like a pretty sweet deal.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

Hopefully the donation will trickle down to the GSAS PhD student TAs who are barely making ends meet.

But some posters say the school doesn’t need it.

It doesn’t need it. It should spend its existing money so that it’s TAs working 60 hours/week aren’t making only $30k/year in Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t he donate it with the condition of removing legacy admissions, like Bloomberg did to JHU?

Because he has 3 kids and the oldest is getting close to college age.

[Anonymous]

It’s weird. Harvard is going to name a grad school & a building after a guy most people have never heard of? Unlike JFK? Is Harvard struggling. Next thing you do they’ll be proudly announcing a $300M donation from Bernie Madoff.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t he donate it with the condition of removing legacy admissions, like Bloomberg did to JHU?

Because he has 3 kids and the oldest is getting close to college age.

This is the answer. Ask the Kushner’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

. It’s because he is not a democrat.

LOL! So true for this website! I'm a Harvard alum. I wish I could give it half a billion dollars because it changed my life. This is the system of all schools in America. You give back if you can. If I had If you don't like the system go t elsewhere. Oh wait, almost all international schools take alumni dollars. From the internet to explain to newbies:

Why do universities ask for donations from alumni?
Often, alumni gifts are used specifically to help current students. These alumni-funded scholarships help more students get access to a high-quality education. Unique and meaningful programs. Alumni often recall student programs that had a major impact on their college career.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is sleazy.

No, it isn't. He's given a half a billion dollars to his alma mater. What is wrong with that?

. It’s because he is not a democrat.

LOL! So true for this website! I'm a Harvard alum. I wish I could give it half a billion dollars because it changed my life. This is the system of all schools in America. You give back if you can. If I had If you don't like the system go t elsewhere. Oh wait, almost all international schools take alumni dollars. From the internet to explain to newbies:

Why do universities ask for donations from alumni?
Often, alumni gifts are used specifically to help current students. These alumni-funded scholarships help more students get access to a high-quality education. Unique and meaningful programs. Alumni often recall student programs that had a major impact on their college career.

Let me guess, you’d like to bite off the hand that fed you in more ways than one. Pull the ladder out from under you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t he donate it with the condition of removing legacy admissions, like Bloomberg did to JHU?

Because he has 3 kids and the oldest is getting close to college age.

So what? For $300M, they can make room for his three kids and tons and tons of others.

—not a Republican

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He’s buying the school. The students will be taught to worship him from here on out. Like the Antonin Scalia School of Law at GMU.

No, he isn't. Harvard's endowment is 52 billion. It provides financial aid to people like me. Read how endowments and gifts work. https://www.harvard.edu/about/endowment/. All univesities want to take gifts and will allow "naming". Most of the buildings at Harvard and Harvard law are named after the donors. Same at my slac.