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Anonymous Donor Supporting Colleges Run By Women
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Montclair State, not Rutgers
University of Southern Mississippi, not Ole Miss
Whoever is giving the money, it seems they are really looking for schools with small endowments and big student bodies. The money is going where it is most needed.
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@clevernamehere: Seriously!
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It is a gift. Not a tax-based, government program. And I kind of like the way this is shaping up-a lot of students (mostly female students) and schools are receiving some kind financial help AND there is a renewed awareness of the glass ceiling issue. This is a good thing! I go to a private college, with a male president, and we are having financial problems (like almost every other college or institution, it seems). But, I'm not going to begrudge these schools with female presidents. Sure, there are a lot of people who aren't going to get this (limited amount of money, but there are a lot of people who will!
04/26/09
Personally, I will give to my male-lead fancy shmancy private university because they gave me a huuuge need-based scholarship that made the school cheaper than our public system. I met my bf there and he refuses to give to them because they made our (seriously disgusting) meal plan mandatory all four years. Yes, it's arbitrary, but when it's your own money, you can do what you want!
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Also library hours, please.
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But seriously, perhaps the money should instead be going to fund scholarships for promising female students or to endow outreach programs in fields where women are underrepresented.
A female figurehead, be it at a university or of a country, implies little about outcomes for the women that populate it. That is one form of trickle-down feminism I find dubious.
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But yeah, the non-science, non-business divisions of UW could really use the cash right now. I'm really afraid of what's going to happen to the English department once the cuts come.
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I figured out Mel Gibson's divorce!
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