[Mick]

The problem with state schools have with creating donor cultures is they mostly started out as free for students.  There really was no need to cultivate a donor culture with adequate public funding.  At a place like Berkeley, it was made worse because with no need to cultivate a donor culture, the school evolved a "sink or swim" culture for the students. 

This is why so many Ca.l grads have it in for Stanford.  They feel they got no help from the university and were basically told to go it alone.  At private schools like Stanford, you can't have that mentality.  When students are paying so much they are given more support.  When they go on to have success in life post-graduation, they feel a little more comfortable making donations back to the school they feel gave them support.

As Ca.l develops a more private-like donor culture and offers more support to students as a result, I'm imagining the degree of hate Ca.l grads feel toward Stanford will ebb considerably.

My roommate right out of college was kal alum, class of '83.  He would agree, quite vociferously, with everything you just wrote.

[Mick]

The problem with state schools have with creating donor cultures is they mostly started out as free for students.  There really was no need to cultivate a donor culture with adequate public funding.  At a place like Berkeley, it was made worse because with no need to cultivate a donor culture, the school evolved a "sink or swim" culture for the students. 

This is why so many Ca.l grads have it in for Stanford.  They feel they got no help from the university and were basically told to go it alone.  At private schools like Stanford, you can't have that mentality.  When students are paying so much they are given more support.  When they go on to have success in life post-graduation, they feel a little more comfortable making donations back to the school they feel gave them support.

As Ca.l develops a more private-like donor culture and offers more support to students as a result, I'm imagining the degree of hate Ca.l grads feel toward Stanford will ebb considerably.

My roommate right out of college was kal alum, class of '83.  He would agree, quite vociferously, with everything you just wrote.