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Subject: The Power of Sabbaticals for Exhausted Leaders of Color (Opinion)
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Three leaders of an infectious-disease research institute in Seattle are suing the donor who saved the nonprofit from receivership at the onset of the pandemic. The executives of the Access for Advanced Health Institute accuse Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire medical entrepreneur and owner of the Los Angeles Times, of withholding the final tranche of a $26 million commitment, along with a promised annual payment of $7.5 million, because they refused to divert the funds to a medical training program in South Africa. They say the money was intended for their primary focus of vaccine and immunotherapy research. Soon-Shiong said the grants were meant to fund the work in Africa, and that the institute has misused them. He said the lawsuit is an attempt at a “corporate coup” designed to thwart an investigation. (Forbes— subscription)
Since the Supreme Court restricted affirmative action in college admissions, public universities across the country have eliminated more than $60 million in race-based scholarships. While the ruling last year did not mention financial aid, at least 13 of the country’s 50 flagship state universities have changed or ended the scholarships, sometimes at the direction of elected officials and sometimes in order to avoid potential lawsuits. Opponents of the grants call them discriminatory, but supporters note that Black students in particular are still underrepresented on campuses and have lower salaries and more debt upon graduation. (Washington Post)
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