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Major College Allowed Donors A Say In Hiring & Firing Staff
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"Newly released documents reveal that Virginia’s George Mason University allowed conservative donors to influence hiring decisions in exchange for financial donations.
The documents — donor agreements between the university and the Charles Koch Foundation — detail deals in which the foundation would set up endowed professorships at the university, retaining the right to select two out of five members on the hiring committee for those positions, according to The Associated Press.
The foundation also had the right to appoint members to advisory boards to recommend faculty firings.
University President Angel Cabrera addressed the documents in a letter to faculty on Friday, saying that the deals “fall short of the standards of academic independence I expect any gift to meet.”
Cabrera has said in the past that the university does not accept gifts if donors seek to decide hirings and firings, according to the AP, and told the outlet in 2016 that the Koch donations do not affect the university’s academic independence."
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