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New York University officials debate returning
multi million-dollar donation
Administrators and faculty at New York University are deciding whether to return a
$200 million donation from the Leon Levy Foundation to create an Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.

After receiving the donation in March, university officials learned the foundation is accused of collecting antiquities through illicit trade, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. While the foundation denies the claim, some faculty members are urging the university to return the gift.

An archaeology professor has resigned in protest despite approval from a group of seven faculty members who were consulted before accepting the donation.

College grads with debt decrease chance to enter public-service careers
Graduating college students faced with student-loan debt may be dissuaded from entering
public-service careers like teaching and social work. The high cost of education could be cause for a slow-down in the public-service sector, according to a report by the State Public Interest Research Groups’ Higher Education Project.

The report says that students could face unmanageable student loan payments if they choose professions like teaching or social work. The government estimates that 2 million new teachers will be needed in the next decade, but 23 percent of all four-year public college graduates and 38 percent of private college graduates won’t be able to fill the void for monetary reasons.
—Emily Begnaud

 
 
 


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