Inside Higher Ed: Hunger strike at U of Florida<\/p>\n
ive students have consumed only water for five days, and several others are on forms of hunger strikes at the University of Florida, as part of the Students for a Democratic Society push for changes in the institution\u2019s investment policies. The students say that the university has failed to consider the ethical implications of its ownership of shares of companies. \u201cCall Bernie Machen [the university\u2019s president] himself and let him know what you think about his refusal to put UF\u2019s money where its mouth is. Ask him if the possibility that our university is profiting off of war, environmental destruction, and human rights abuses is OK with him,\u201d says the students\u2019 Facebook group. Machen wrote the students last month, expressing admiration for their ideals and noting that there are circumstances in which the university would not invest in certain companies. But Machen said he didn\u2019t favor the students\u2019 demands for a campuswide committee to discuss investment choices because of the responsibilities of trustees for financial management and the difficulty of achieving consensus among the entire campus on such issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Inside Higher Ed: Hunger strike at U of Florida ive students have consumed only water for five days, and several others are on forms of hunger strikes at the University of Florida, as part of the Students for a Democratic … Continue reading