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Nicholas Begich: “The university... has an endowment as a land grant…”

Featuring: Nicholas Begich, Republican | U.S. House Alaska At-large District

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Thursday 3-7-24 - Candidate Nick Begich & Senator Mike Shower

Published | Video Starts at 34:02

Please, please, sir, may I have some more? It's become that instead. Well, you know, and most universities have endowment funds that they've developed over many years that offset the cost of … The university... has an endowment as a land grant university. It's in the form of land. … into financial resources because unfortunately, you can't pay your bills with land. It's got to be turned into cash and hopefully responsibly invested and utilized in a way that makes … (34:02–34:25)

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Claims that the University of Alaska's endowment is primarily land-based.

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