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Jewish Billionaire Gives $115M for Low-Income Scholarships at Oxford

By Jspace Staff on 7/20/2012 at 3:28 PM

Categories: Education, Finance

Jewish Billionaire Gives $115M for Low-Income Scholarships at Oxford

Jewish billionaire Michael Moritz has pledged more than $115 million to the University of Oxford to set up a scholarship fund for low-income students. In what the English university is calling the “biggest philanthropic gift for undergraduate financial support in European history,” the venture capitalist and his wife, Harriet Heyman, have committed the funds to provide “a fresh approach to student funding in the UK–fueled by philanthropy.” “Real talent is housed …More