Comments on: Woodrow Wilson Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship in Women’s Studies: an update

By: smalltown prof

smalltown prof — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 15:59:00 +0000

Glenn Beck has forever tarnished the name of one of the most humble Christians who ever occupied the White House.

By: Indyanna

Indyanna — Sun, 09 Sep 2012 00:10:08 +0000

It would be incredibly flattering to Women’s Studies to think that a “careful review of the goals and structure” of the program by the foundation is somehow going to make capitalism work harder, but you get the sense that they yanked the plug based on some rigid metric in their investment mechanism, not on a goals and structure basis. As I’m recalling, early in his career the Woodster couldn’t wait to get off of the Main Line to the *train* line (the Dink), so you would think that a little conscience money would kick in here. There’s a whole trope in philanthropy wherein a hypothetical outside doner says why should I give you XYZ, you should be placing more emphasis on ——, which is the asker- cue to say, “if you gave us some money that’s what we’d use it for.” Which is o.k., I guess, but really, why not just s(p)end it more directly then?

By: koshembos

koshembos — Sat, 08 Sep 2012 22:43:55 +0000

Sorry, but not surprised, to hear about the suspension of the fellowship in women studies. Very much like the Soviet Union, we support only the rich. I would send a do-re-mi and may be a fa if it goes directly to that fellowship.