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Some of the biggest university endow- ments in the country total nearly $50 billion and comprise thousands of funds. The protesters opposed to military at- tacks in Gaza say they want their schools to stop funneling endowment money to Israeli compa- nies and other businesses, like weapons manu- facturers, that from the war in Gaza. like, why is our money being used to fund bombs said Layla Saliba, a student protester researching endowment investments with the group Columbia University Apartheid Di- vestment. reinvest this money in our com- munity she said. Columbia endowment is more than $13 billion.
It ranks among the top ten largest endowments in the country. The school re- spond to a request for comment. The protests began in the wake of the ongoing between Hamas and Israel, triggered by the militant assault on Israeli communi- ties Oct. 7 that killed almost 1,200 people. subsequent bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians ci- vilian men, women and children as well as mil- itants and has fueled a dire humanitarian crisis.
In addition to divestment, protesters across the U.S. are calling for a and student gov- ernments at some colleges have also passed reso- lutions in recent weeks calling for an end to aca- demic partnerships with Israel. Are schools investing in Israel? Protesters have called for a halt to investments in Israel, but experts say that might be too simpli- a take on what colleges have done with their funds. To begin with, to what an in Israel entails, said economist Sandy Baum, a senior fellow at the Urban Institute who studies college She said bigger investments are more obvious than smaller ones tucked away in mutual funds an investment tool that pools money and spreads it out over many assets, and a type of tool many colleges rely on. Universities hire private companies to manage their endowments to preserve their funds over the long run, Baum said.
Debates about the investments of college en- dowments are complicated, Baum said, because some university stakeholders argue the money needs to produce the biggest return on invest- ment possible to fund teaching and necessary services. purpose of the endowment is to have money that will allow the university to perma- nently provide educational opportunities so that they have to go out and raise new money ev- ery year to continue she said. The bigger a endowment, the more is at stake. one reason why pro-Palestinian student protesters at wealthy universities are so hard she said. a lot of money involved.
are always going to be of opi- nion about what you want to invest Baum said. When else have protesters demanded divestment? Student-led movements for university divesti- tures new. For over a decade, students at Princeton Uni- versity have urged the school to divest from the fossil fuel industry, citing concerns about the en- vironment and climate change. In 2022, advo- cates landed a major win when the school agreed to divest from publicly traded oil and gas compa- nies, according to Sunrise Princeton, a longtime climate divestment group on campus. In 1969, Princeton University students occu- pied a prominent campus building to demand the school divest from South Africa, where the gov- ernment operated a punitive and often violent system of apartheid that segregated people by race.
Nearly a decade later, Princeton University en- acted from South Africa, the Daily Princetonian reported, where the uni- shares could be withdrawn if companies failed to meet its standards. Last week, about 100 protesters gathered in a central courtyard at the New Jersey campus to de- mand the school divest from companies associat- ed with the Israeli military, the student newspa- per reported. Unlike at Columbia, where many student protesters have been arrested, Princeton students have not faced arrest or disciplinary ac- tion from the university, the campus publication said. In a statement, Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said any divestment would only occur after years of sustained campus inter- est, and in situations where the community can come to a consensus on how to divest. The current push for universities to stop doing business with companies by investing in Israel and by extension in the war in Ga- za mirrors grassroots in recent years to urge U.S.
organizations to boycott Israeli compa- nies. Since 2005, the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement has organized around for treatment of Gaza and urges banks, municipalities, pension funds, religious groups and universities to remove their invest- ments from Israel, according to the BDS website. EXPLAINER School endowment protests new UCLA students have setup an encampment on campus Thursday to show support for Palestinians in the Gaza conflict. Protesters at schools across the U.S. are also calling for a in the Middle East.
ROBERT TODAY Various causes prompt divestment movements Claire Thornton USA TODAY The protests began in the wake of the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, triggered by the militant assault on Israeli communities Oct. 7 that killed almost 1,200 people. subsequent bombardment and invasion of Gaza has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians civilian men, women and children as well as militants and has fueled a dire humanitarian crisis..
