Scientific American

  • Turkey_Titty_city@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    this is why universities have endowments. and why they become convulted messes.

    of course, they don’t use them like they should, but that’s another issue entirely.

    sadly people are greedy and short sighted, no matter the institution. often the committees want to reward themselves above all else.

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      That’s the problem with charity— free reporting becomes a privilege bestowed to a select a few by private institutions and subject to their whims rather than a right guaranteed to everyone by the government.