The “spirit of discernment,” as the Rev. Daniel Heath heard it growing up, was not available to everyone.“There was this notion that some people had it and others didn’t,” said the associate chaplain and director of the Davidson Forum at Davidson College in North Carolina. Heath also serves as the chaplain for Major League Soccer's Charlotte FC.
After receiving even more support from a big conservative donor, the not-yet-accredited institution announced it will neither charge tuition nor accept government funds. Some are skeptical. The University of Austin announced Wednesday that Republican megadonor Jeff Yass is donating $100 million, it’s “ending tuition forever” and it will also “never take government money.” At the same time, it said Yass’s gift represents the first third of “a $300 million campaign to build a university that sets students free.”