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Giving Colleges Unrestricted Donations Is Noble. It’s Also Risky.
MacKenzie Scott’s generous aid to schools that help low-income students would benefit from more strings attached.
Cal State Northridge students can hope help is on the way.
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The president of the University of Central Florida was effusive last week in accepting an unrestricted $40 million windfall from MacKenzie Scott, the billionaire philanthropist and former wife of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos.
“Every new dollar allows us to make new discoveries on distant planets and to solve problems here on earth,” said Alexander Cartwright.