UT student divestment calls: What does it mean? How much funding is at stake?

North Texas students have joined the national pro-Palestine movement across college campuses, and the call for their universities to divest.

To divest from"every" company with ties to Israel could be a huge undertaking, said J. Carlos Martinez, an economics professor at Dallas College. “A lot of those investments are in private equity, or hedge funds or venture capital, are very illiquid. That’s even if you get to that point," he said. “Once a decision is taken, that could take 7,12,15 years to actually divest."other universities have divested before, from apartheid in South Africa.The calls for divesture in South Africa came decades ago. Students said the strategy could be effective in their cause.

On Tuesday, The University of Texas System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife released a statement condemning protesters'"disturbances," but did not address any of their demands:

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