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Subject: Inside Turnover, Salaries, and Diversity at Foundations
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Russian disinformation campaigns, boosted by African activists and influencers, are targeting U.S.-funded anti-malaria efforts on that continent. Without evidence, one prominent pro-Russia activist has claimed that a Gates Foundation project in Burkina Faso has driven up rates of malaria and dengue fever while taking advantage of illiterate villagers. The villagers dispute both notions, and a local imam said the incidence of malaria seems to have fallen. Officials say the aim of the campaigns is to weaken Western interests in Africa. The Gates Foundation’s top official in Africa said the false claims “detract from the critical goal of saving lives.” (New York Times)
Two wealthy Harvard alumni are lobbying their fellow donors to join an effort to change the university’s priorities and governance. Hedge fund billionaire Bill Ackman and former Facebook executive Sam Lessin have circulated slide decks saying teaching at Harvard has become too politicized, its endowment has been mismanaged, and that the school should pursue types of diversity beyond race and ethnicity, among other criticisms. Lessin said donors have been “too blindly supportive and trusting” of the school. Risa Lieberwitz, former general counsel of the American Association of University Professors and a professor at Cornell University, said academic freedom must be protected from donor influence. “That attempted interference is completely inappropriate,” Lieberwitz said. (Boston Globe)
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