Endowments are meant to insulate universities from politics. But far from being apolitical, the arrangement prioritizes the whims of the market, the authority of financial experts, and the preferences of donors over the concerns of students and faculty.
Author Archives: Sammy Feldblum
Sammy Feldblum is a PhD student in geography at UCLA and a sometime journalist. His research focuses on water governance and on the political economy of higher education.

