Shots in the Dark
Monday, 17 December
Harvard and the Would-Be Presidents
by The Chronicle of Higher Education has ranked educational institutions by the percentage of their employees giving to presidential campaigns—and Harvard is on top by a lot, with more than double the #2 university.
1. Harvard U., $281,050 2. Stanford U., $135,850 3. Columbia U., $120,350 4. Georgetown U., $105,150 5. U. of Chicago, $92,902 6. Northwestern U., $78,450 7. New York U., $74,350 8. U. of California at Berkeley, $71,976 9. U. of California at Los Angeles, $65,980 10. U. of Southern California, $63,950
It's an intriguing list. Where are Yale and Princeton, for example? MIT?
What these schools appear to have in common, in this context, is that they're all in cities with a tradition of political involvement—Boston, New York, Washington, Chicago, LA—where constituents are likely to be politically engaged and presidential campaigns are likely to engage in serious fundraising. Makes sense, right? If you're Barack Obama, you're more likely to hold a fundraiser in New York or Cambridge than New Haven or Princeton...
One wonders if, in the university context, significant presidential giving is a good or a bad thing. Is such engagement with the political world appropriate or excessive?
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