Mr. Saylor's donation, which he intends to make in the form of cash and stock to his foundation, comes at a time when almost every American university is developing online offerings of its courses -- each one chipping away at the notion that a university must have bricks and mortar and a physically present student body to be effective.
Netley was a late foundation, built at a time when the lay brothers were a declining part of the Cistercian economy, and it is probable that they were few in number, hence the small size of the accommodation needed.
But it is an outgrowth of academia's growing interest in the economic foundations of journalism at a time when those foundations appear unstable.
"I really had to ask for significant dollars to make the foundation happen, and at a time when there was no proof that I could do it," she said.
Some assumed it was another word for remodeling — not realizing, or maybe not allowing themselves to believe, that no bulldozer was coming, that they would be disassembling this house by hand, down to the foundation, one piece at a time.
If local activists are laying the foundation one brick at a time, ComfyTree is like an airlift operation, dropping in experts, guidance and resources.
An army of young artists is undermining the greed-run system at its foundations, one page at a time".
And the company is kicking off its new life in debt, with no endowment or permanent home, and dependent on corporate, foundation and government financing at a time when such money is harder than ever to come by.
Taking a swipe at the foundation at the time, Mandla said: "As a family, we are united in that the legacy of Madiba [Mandela] belongs to his family first and to the ANC".
In a wider sense, it is also our hope that this award helps to demonstrate the value of foundations to society, particularly at a time when government funding is under severe strain.
