UC Berkeley receives $16-million donation to expand diversity-related programs
UC Berkeley has received a $16-million donation from the Evelyn and Walter Haas Jr. Fund to expand academic programs in various aspects of ethnic, religious and sexual diversity and to fund scholarships for low-income community college students who transfer to the campus, officials announced Thursday.
Among other things, the donation will fund five new faculty chairs in diversity-related research, including one of the nation’s first endowed chairs on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equity issues. It will also be used to add more American Cultures courses, which are required of all UC Berkeley undergraduates, and to revise some to emphasize community service outside the classroom. And $1.5 million will be set aside to match donations for financial aid for transfer students.
-- Larry Gordon
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That's good to hear. If only all the other California schools got some funding. The budget cuts are killing us all! (Students too!)
Posted by: College Los Angeles | February 18, 2010 at 03:37 PM
I am glad they are trying to foster diversity.
They need more asians. Not enough asians at that campus.
They also need some more red neck gun owners. Not too many of those.
Posted by: uncle_vito | February 18, 2010 at 04:49 PM
Wow. What a complete waste of money. How about investing in better counseling, a career center, financial aid - something that will actually benefit most students?
Posted by: the joker | February 22, 2010 at 11:55 AM