Word: academicability
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But the academic strings attached to donations do not always run at cross purposes to the University's intellectual goals.
The national backgrounds or intellectual interests of Harvard's donors have the potential to distort the allocation of funds among Harvard's various academic disciplines. Even a persistent pattern of small donations could unfairly benefit one department over another.
"[When considering academic gifts] one is much more cautious, because of the need for the shape of the Faculty to be determined by the Faculty and not, as it were, by the interests of others," says Jeremy R. Knowles, Dean of the Faculty.
Princeton's Vice President and Secretary Tom Wright told the Daily Princetonian, "I have been involved in discussions with donors about the independence of academic and donations.
"Donors don't influence the academic interests of the university," he said.