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minus-squareadarza@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month agoharvard has money. lots of money… and alumni. lots of smart, powerful, wealthy alumni… he caved quicker than the front wheel assembly of a cybersuck.
minus-squareAdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoI believe their endowment sits somewhere around $50 billion. They could definitely float for a few years until Trump is out of office.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoIt’s not just Harvard though, even if they’re taking the lead and getting the headlines
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoTheir endowment as it sits essentially allows them to operate for something like a decade without any external money. And you can guarantee they’ll get a bump in alumni donations if external funding is removed like that.
harvard has money. lots of money… and alumni. lots of smart, powerful, wealthy alumni… he caved quicker than the front wheel assembly of a cybersuck.
I believe their endowment sits somewhere around $50 billion. They could definitely float for a few years until Trump is out of office.
It’s not just Harvard though, even if they’re taking the lead and getting the headlines
Their endowment as it sits essentially allows them to operate for something like a decade without any external money. And you can guarantee they’ll get a bump in alumni donations if external funding is removed like that.