Report Finds Republicans Hold 11% of Ivy Trustee Seats as Yale Has 0
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 9
Report Finds Republicans Hold 11% of Ivy Trustee Seats as Yale Has 0
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 9
Summary
A new Buckley Institute report identified 233 Ivy League trustees and found just 26 Republicans — 11% of the total — while Yale’s governing board had none.
The imbalance was broader than party registration: 155 trustees, or 67%, were registered Democrats, producing a 6-to-1 Democratic edge across Ivy governing boards.
Political giving showed a similar split, with Ivy trustees donating $85.5 million to Democratic causes versus $22.4 million to Republicans; Yale trustees gave $5.8 million to Democrats and about $102,000 to Republicans.
Cornell was the only Ivy where trustees donated more money to Republican causes than Democratic ones, though more individual trustees still gave to Democrats.
The findings are fueling debate over ideological diversity at elite universities, after a separate Yale Daily News report found faculty donations there went almost entirely to Democrats.