On: More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lo...

[pbhjpbhj]

When you have an organisation full of people creating worth that you can cream off, you've bought a few houses, yacht, fast cars. You get to a point where you realise you're not leaving anything of value behind and think "if I pay for a university building then I've created a legacy of education for generations to come".

TL;DR it's like a shiny name plaque for billionaires.

[seibelj → pbhjpbhj]

I get it - and I agree with the reasoning - but I want to leave a shiny new park with my name on the plaque, not a building in an overpriced university.

[chii → seibelj]

Very few people would see the park compared to the University building.

[seibelj → chii]

I disagree - more people would see and use the park. The building is for a rarified group.

[manquer → seibelj]

Depends on whose respect you value more. The average park goer or the people who work/study at the University.

Also such donations kind of guarantee your kids will get into the university, so some additional perks are there too