Monday, February 23, 2015

Harvard Embattled as Students, Faculty, & Alumni Join Forces for Divestment

Harvard Embattled as Students, Faculty, & Alumni Join Forces for Divestment

"The lawsuit, filed on by seven graduate and undergraduate students last fall, argues Harvard's continued holdings in the oil, gas, coal, and related sectors is a "mismanagement of charitable funds" controlled by the board of trustees in the form of the endowment and a direct violation of its obligations to the future of the university's financial health as well as the planet's well-being."