Private Funds Help Berkeley Stay At The Top Of Its Game

Despite years of cuts in state funding, UC Berkeley is at the top of its game - ranked among the best universities in the world, glowing with research, and expanding options for undergraduates - all thanks to more private money. Berkeley's reliance on private funding to maintain its excellence raises the question of how public the campus really is, and echoes the chants of student protesters who point to "privatization" as the consequence of California's disinvestment in public education. Read more at:
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