[PersonalLegend]

To paraphrase “Hoosiers” here’s to all those little schools just trying to stay in business.

I'm a little suspicious of billionaire priorities that don't involve direct efforts to reduce true human misery that's all too common in much of the world. 

Feels to me like Stanford now is better armed to build nicer promenades and make really nice offers to faculty doing similar work elsewhere.

The biggest challenge is this:  Stanford doesn't need the money...and yet won't refuse it.  It simply goes to broaden Stanford's capital base and plays no real functional part in enhancing the community, the academic standing, or anything else. 

I guess I can say "yay" but at the same time ask "for what?" Nicer buildings?

[PersonalLegend]

To paraphrase “Hoosiers” here’s to all those little schools just trying to stay in business.

I'm a little suspicious of billionaire priorities that don't involve direct efforts to reduce true human misery that's all too common in much of the world. 

Feels to me like Stanford now is better armed to build nicer promenades and make really nice offers to faculty doing similar work elsewhere.

The biggest challenge is this:  Stanford doesn't need the money...and yet won't refuse it.  It simply goes to broaden Stanford's capital base and plays no real functional part in enhancing the community, the academic standing, or anything else. 

I guess I can say "yay" but at the same time ask "for what?" Nicer buildings?