John and Ann Doerr’s $1.1 billion historic gift that restructured Stanford to combat the global climate crisis

In the case when there is an influx of a substantial amount of money into an elite university, the conventional assumption is that the capital would be used to create a separate research centre, build a picturesque library building, or establish a very particular professorship under the name of the donor. Undoubtedly, such a type of donation can improve the reputation of the educational institution, but it does not change the existing academic silos one bit.

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