Wealthy donors, including Jeff Yass, Harlan Crow, and Len Blavatnik, are backing the University of Austin, a small Texas-based school with ninety-two students. UATX was founded to offer an alternative to elite colleges by promoting ideological diversity, meritocratic values, and the fearless pursuit of truth amid concerns over progressive dominance in higher education. UATX’s curriculum combines classical texts and entrepreneurship, and donors include prominent GOP supporters and philanthropists like Peter Thiel and Daniel Lubetzky. The university is still unaccredited but offers scholarships to its first class. A major fundraising campaign will start in January.
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00:00It's Benzinga, and here's what's on the block.
00:02Wealthy donors including Jeff Yass, Harlan Crowe, and Len Blatvenick are backing the
00:07University of Austin, a small Texas-based school with 92 students.
00:11UATX was founded to offer an alternative to elite colleges by promoting ideological diversity,
00:17meritocratic values, and what it calls the fearless pursuit of truth amid concerns over
00:22progressive dominance in higher education.
00:25UATX's curriculum combines classical texts and entrepreneurship, and donors include prominent
00:30GOP supporters and philanthropists like Peter Thiel and Daniel Labetsky.
00:34The university is still unaccredited, but offers scholarships to its first class.
00:39A major fundraising campaign will start in January.
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