Harvard’s Foreign Farmland Investment Mess (bloomberg.com)

That's what you get for accepting rich kids from corrupt families of the most corrupt countries. Donated farm land from Russia, Ukraine & Brazil? Murky titles and legal fights? I'd be shocked if this was not donated by some corrupt government official.

"Students, alumni, and environmentalists are targeting U.S. university endowments, saying their investing practices are often out of synch with schools’ professed values."

The endowments are obtained mostly by Harvard alumni, this means that the schools professed values ARE exactly in sync with its endowments.

These endowments are problematic in general. If they have a need to invest in such obviously problematic areas, they have too much money.