Michael Bloomberg: Channeling His Inner Johns Hopkins
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News of Michael Bloomberg’s $1.8 billion gift to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, has elicited a wide range of responses. But the most common refrain goes something like this: “Wow, what a generous donation, but the money should have gone to a cause for which there was a greater need.” Writing in Vox, Dylan Matthews put it more bluntly: “For the love of God, if you have $1.8 billion to donate, don’t give it to your alma mater.”
Originally published: January 17, 2019
Author: Michael T. Benson
Position: President
Institution: Eastern Kentucky University
Published by: Inside Higher Ed