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☆ ‘The Untouchables’: How Columbia and N.Y.U. Benefit From Huge Tax Breaks
  + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Matthew Haag | Meredith Kolodner | More About Matthew Haag | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
As Columbia University puts the last touches on its brand-new campus in Harlem, it has reached a milestone: The university is now the largest private landowner in New York City. In a city where land is more valuable than almost anywhere in the nation, the school now owns more than 320 properties, with a combined value of nearly $4 billion. The growth has helped it stay competitive within the Ivy League and meet its broader ambitions to become a global institution. By many measures, those ambitions have also helped lift the city around it, attracting higher numbers of students, producing new jobs and boosting New York’s reputation as an international center of knowledge. But as Columbia has expanded its footprint, it has also become more of a drain on the city budget because of a state law more than 200 years old that allows universities, museums and other nonprofits to pay almost no property taxes.
Organizations: Columbia University, Ivy League Locations: Harlem, New York City, Columbia
☆ Why aren’t flagship universities enrolling more of their own states’ Black students?
  + stars: | 2022-09-28 | by ( Meredith Kolodner | The Hechinger Report | Meredith Kolodner Is A Staff Writer For | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +13 min
Among state flagship universities, UGA has one of the country’s largest disparities between its proportion of Black students and that of Black high school graduates from the state — second only to the University of Mississippi. “Black students admitted to UGA — they have a lot of options,” said Alton Standifer, deputy chief of staff to the university president, referring to the competition among colleges to enroll Georgia’s Black students. Still, many Black students in Georgia choose to attend more diverse institutions or opt for a historically Black college or university. A reliance on SAT scores can disadvantage Black students, whose average SAT score in 2019 was 933, more than 180 points below that of white students. Selective public universities like UGA that used the Common App have seen an increase in applicants, including traditionally underrepresented students, such as Black students.
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