Posted on 04/04/2021 2:01:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros, who funds progressive drives and causes worldwide, has committed $500 million to a private liberal arts college in New York that seeks to enrich “democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.”
Bard College announced the donation on Thursday, describing the gift as “transformational,” calling it “among the largest ever made to higher education in the United States.” According to the school, the funding “will facilitate and strengthen Bard’s exemplary educational and social initiatives, establish the College’s most substantial endowment ever, and set the stage for a $1 billion endowment drive.” Bard officials said the school had already raised an additional $250 million “in response to Mr. Soros’ generous challenge grant,” and expects to raise another $250 million over the next five years.
“This is the most historic moment since the college’s founding in 1860,” said Bard College President Leon Botstein. “When this endowment drive is complete, Bard will have a $1 billion endowment, which will ensure its pioneering mission and its academic excellence for the future.”
Botstein serves on the Global Board of Soros’ Open Society Foundations international grantmaking network, where his responsibilities include reviewing and advising all of the programs and entities within the organization. OSF’s website credits Botstein for guiding “Bard’s innovative liberal arts BA program in New York state prisons” and writing a book that “is the basis for acclaimed public high school reforms” in several major U.S. cities, including Baltimore, New York, and Washington, D.C. He is also chancellor of the Open Society University Network (OSUN), a global partnership of educational institutions. According to the Associated Press, Soros invested $1 billion to establish the OSUN last year, calling the endeavor the “most important and most enduring project” of his life.
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This endowment stinks ....
Bard takes federal and state tax dollars. What are the chances Soros’ money will be used for financial aid for the students? I suspect nil.
April Fool’s
Good News for Bard.
How does this demon still have any money? He sounds like an Epstein type character.
“democratic discourse by training tomorrow’s thought leaders.”
More commie indoctrination.
Bard College President Leon Botstein serves on the Global Board of Soros’ Open Society Foundations international grantmaking network
He is also chancellor of the Open Society University Network, a global partnership of educational institutions.
At first glance I thought that the title said “...Commits Suicide...”
Wishful thinking on my part.
Call it what it is ... school of communist propaganda.
An investment in communism.
At least there's no conflict of interest.
So, when do we finally drop “progressive” and use “communist”?
>>>“...Commits Suicide...”<<<
I also had the short-lived thrill of excitement rush through my synapses . . . but alas, was saddened to see it were not.
Barf College
Ah, the Kremlin on the Hudson in Annandale. What a surprise...
Bard College actuallly has or had an Alger Hiss Chair of social research or some such.
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