Tag / endowment
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College Endowments: A Colonial Empire
In 1793, General Cornwallis, one of the leading British generals in the American Revolutionary War and later, the Governor-General of India, introduced the Permanent Settlement Act to the Indian territory of Bengal, which instituted the zamindari land ownership system into Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, and Varanasi. Under the zamindari system, each region would have an appointed…
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Where WashU is Worst
A WU/FUSED EDITORIAL Washington University provides students with an excellent education and conducts groundbreaking research – there is a lot to be proud of at Wash U. With respect to fostering socioeconomic diversity, however, Wash U lags far behind its peers, and we believe that as students it is our role to call on the…
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Fixing Public Education: One, Two, Three
BY JARED TURKUS The University of California system has been the gold standard in American public higher education for years. According to the U.S. News & World Report, eight of its undergraduate institutions are ranked in the top 100, six in the top fifty and two in the top twenty-five U.S. universities. It is known…
