Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Mills College's plan to sell artifacts revives ethics debate - Jeremy Bauer-Wolf, Education Dive

Now once again, Mills' operations have come under scrutiny as it looks to use an unorthodox method to fill financial gaps: selling off two valuable items from its library collection. These are the leaves from the First Folio of William Shakespeare's plays and a musical manuscript, which news reports have identified as a handwritten score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The sales would "support Mills' current programs and people while we build a bridge to a sustainable future," Elizabeth Hillman, Mills' president, wrote to the campus in a December letter announcing the college's intentions and also plugging the MillsNext plan.
https://www.educationdive.com/news/mills-colleges-plan-to-sell-artifacts-revives-ethical-debate/570329/