{"id":19009,"date":"2010-12-01T00:32:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T05:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/?p=19009"},"modified":"2010-12-01T00:32:56","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T05:32:56","slug":"varsity-profs-allege-donor-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/2010\/12\/01\/varsity-profs-allege-donor-influence\/","title":{"rendered":"Varsity: &#8220;Profs allege donor influence&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/munk_ryankelpin_original.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19010\" src=\"http:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/munk_ryankelpin_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/munk_ryankelpin_original.jpg 580w, https:\/\/macblog.mcmaster.ca\/fryeblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/11\/munk_ryankelpin_original-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further to my earlier <a href=\"http:\/\/fryeblog.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca\/2010\/11\/28\/intellectual-segregation-and-the-university-of-toronto\/\" target=\"_blank\">post<\/a>, here&#8217;s an <a href=\"http:\/\/thevarsity.ca\/articles\/38871\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> in Monday&#8217;s U of T <em>Varsity<\/em>, &#8220;Profs allege donor influence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The lede:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Two U of T professors say philanthropists are determining the  university&#8217;s priorities, and not the faculty and students. Professors  Paul Hamel and John Valleau believe there is a possibility that  university benefactors could even shape academic work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re finding that philanthropy is driving the priorities of the  university,\u201d said Hamel. \u201cThey\u2019re being set by administration,  independent of what the faculty or the academy determines should be the  priorities.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Further to my earlier post, here&#8217;s an article in Monday&#8217;s U of T Varsity, &#8220;Profs allege donor influence.&#8221; The lede: Two U of T professors say philanthropists are determining the university&#8217;s priorities, and not the faculty and students. 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