Morehouse keynote speaker . . .
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Anonymous
| Just pledged to pay off the student loan debt for the entire class of 2019. This is awesome. He challenged the alum to take care of the following classes. |
Anonymous
| I'm white, never went to college, and cried when I read this. Sometimes I really love people. |
Anonymous
| ^. Oops. Keynote speaker was billionaire Robert Smith |
Anonymous
| This is incredible! |
Anonymous
| A very heartwarming story.....I only wish more of the super wealthy gave back in ways like this that directly improve the lives of individuals. |
Anonymous
I wish the college was affordable, so that students didn’t need to rely on the kindness of strangers. |
Anonymous
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Already a thread on this, three hours older than this one.
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Anonymous
| Love love love this. |
Anonymous
| what about the half of class of 2019 that failed out of Morehouse? |
Anonymous
??? Half the class of 2019 has not failed. Aside from your snide comment, this news is wonderful for these graduates. |
Anonymous
Who is he? |
Anonymous
He basically made a $40M donation to Morehouse that allowed them to give grants instead of loans to those kids. |
Anonymous
This. It was awesome what he did, and it'll make a great impact for those young men. But it's kind of ironic the photo of the donor (Mr Smith) next to the university's president. Guess who's responsible for the high tuition all those students got loans for in the first place? |
Anonymous
Private equity guy, runs Vista Equity Partners. They buy technology companies. Cornell grad. Very interesting person, actually. His company bought my employer a few years ago. I've heard him speak before, I was impressed. |
Anonymous
what this man did is beautiful-- it's not a snide comment but a fact 45% of class of 2019 morehouse students have or will fail out. morehouse 6 year graduation rate is only 55% |