“Schools host the annual event because it “helps advance their academic mission by bringing together leaders from business, government, philanthropy, technology, media, the arts and culture together on campus...”
What unalloyed bulls^%t! It’s nothing but a racket for the well heeled to continuously and readily grasp even MORE money without WORKING FOR IT!
Can you say ‘gravy train’?
If that really is their mission, a donor to the school should sue the Regents for misappropriation of funds or something similar - always assuming they can prove 'Standing'. /sarc