Rich Schools, Poor Students
Tapping Large University Endowments to Improve Student Outcomes
Matrix is located on the 8th floor of Barrows Hall, on the UC Berkeley campus, near Telegraph and Bancroft Avenues, just up the hill from Sather Gate. There are entrances at both ends of the building, but only one of the elevators on the eastern side goes directly to the 8th floor. You can alternatively take the stairs to the 7th floor and walk up the stairs from there.
On September 16, 2015, Social Science Matrix is pleased to host Jorge Klor de Alva, President of Nexus Research and Policy Center, for a presentation entitled “Rich Schools, Poor Students: Tapping Large University Endowments to Improve Student Outcomes”. In this presentation, co-sponsored by the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), Mr. De Alva will discuss an April 2015 study that reveals that not all private universities are private.
Many of the richest universities in the country, sitting on hundreds of millions (if not billions) of dollars in tax exempt endowments, receive government subsidies through tax laws that dwarf the appropriations received by public universities and colleges. Moreover, access without success is not opportunity. And welfare to the wealthy through hidden subsidies is not good policy. This study shines light on the latter and proposes a revenue-neutral way to apply money generated by reforming existing tax policy to provide real opportunities for success to community college students.
Dr. Jorge Klor de Alva is President of Nexus Research and Policy Center, an independent, non-profit research and policy advocacy organization whose goal is the improvement of colleges serving nontraditional and underserved students. He is also Chairman of 3DMX, Inc. Earlier he served as President of the University of Phoenix and was also past Chairman and CEO of Apollo International, Inc. Prior to that he was the Class of 1940 Professor at University of California, Berkeley, where he earned his B.A. and J.D. before earning a Ph.D. at University of California, Santa Cruz.
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