常春藤大学经济学

      常春藤大学正以雄厚的财富挖掘世界各地的科学研究明星，吸引全球最优秀的学生，形成与公立大学之间的教授工资差别，建设一流的研究设施，创造高生产率的学术队伍。《商业周刊》刊登文章《常春藤大学的危险财富》（二零零七年十二月十日期）全面分析常春藤大学的经济学。

The Dangerous Wealth of the Ivy League

Higher education is increasingly a tale of two worlds, with elite schools getting richer and buying up all the talent

By Anthony Bianco, with Sonal Rupani in New York BW Magazine

It's only fitting that Whitman College, Princeton's new student residence, is named for eBay (EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman, because it's a billionaire's mansion in the form of a dorm. After Whitman (Class of '77) pledged $30 million, administrators tore up their budget and gave architect Demetri Porphyrios virtual carte blanche. Each student room has triple-glazed mahogany casement windows made of leaded glass. The dining hall boasts a 35-foot ceiling gabled in oak and a "state of the art servery." By the time the 10-building complex in the Collegiate Gothic style opened in August, it had cost Princeton $136 million, or $272,000 for each of the 500 undergraduates who will live there.

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