Author: Diane Whelton

Diane Whelton lives in New York.

NYU: $72 million in Odd Loans, No Confidence Vote from Faculty

For John Sexton, president of New York University, March came in a like a lion.  In one aggravating week Sexton found himself the subject of two biting stories in the press: a no-confidence vote from faculty and focus on $72 million in unexplained  NYU loans to Jack Lew and many others.  The first was merely […]

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The Beast That Ate The Village

As the 2012-13 academic year gets under way, more than 40,000 students from all 50 states and 130 foreign countries are attending the graduate and undergraduate schools of New York University.  Some of these young scholars will undoubtedly ride to school in upscale cars or limos: a year at NYU with room and board costs […]

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