Meet The New Education Grant-Makers, Not At All The Same As The Old Education Grant-Makers

With great wealth comes great responsibility. That's how we judge the tycoons of tech. While many of them spend their money on expensive luxuries, like cars, houses, planes — even islands — they are also expected to use their prosperity to do good works. That's the implicit demand of the tech industry.

Dana Goldstein has a good piece about Sarah Palin’s opportunistic posing as an advocate for the rights of the disabled:

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The tragedy of Cooper Union is endemic to most American higher education, outside a few community colleges; Cooper is just the special case where the blind rush to some kind of global greatness directly and explicitly violates the institution’s founding mission.

Ravi Nagarajan submits:When Warren Buffett decided to leave the bulk of his fortune to charity, he opted to leverage the existing infrastructure of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation rather than setting up his own foundation.

A new study of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation illustrates its global reach with spending on health issues, but notes a need for accountability on whether the money is being spent in the most effective way.