College campuses see growing reparations movement

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : A spokesperson for the university said in a statement, "Brown continues to believe that taxes imposed through legislative efforts impede the efforts of higher education institutions," adding that "legislative efforts such as these tend to overlook that Brown provides extensive contributions to the community we call home in significant areas that meet public need and offset the need for greater public resources."
52% : These payments, called PILOT, or payment in lieu of taxes, represent a small fraction of what they would presumably "owe."Last year, Yale University agreed to increase its annual PILOT payments, which were approximately $13 million, by $10 million over the next five years.

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