The chapter explores student demonstrators at a Colombian university advocating for divestment from endowment funds, scrutinizing investments in conflict-tied companies. It discusses the struggles students face in urging colleges to disclose their investments and the ideological clash between universities and divestment movements. The complexities of endowment fund investments, including ties to industries and past divestment movements, are also delved into.
Protestors at universities across the country have been demanding that their institutions divest from companies that are tied to Israel or the war in Gaza, a demand universities have long rejected as antisemitic.
On today’s Big Take podcast, Sarah Holder talks to Bloomberg higher education reporter Janet Lorin and California reporter Eliyahu Kamisher about what’s really inside endowment funds and why universities are unlikely to yield to the calls of disclose and divest.
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