did anything significant happen between the late twentieth and early twenty-first century?
In 2020, Bard College and Central European University became the founding members of the Open Society University Network. Bard college received a $100 million USD gift from the Open Society Foundations.
Bard College
In 2020, Bard College, along with Central European University, became the founding members of the Open Society University Network, a collaborative global education initiative endowed with $1 billion USD. As part of this new initiative, the college received a $100 million USD gift from the Open Society Foundations which ranks among the largest financial contributions to a U.S. institution in recent history.
who was chinua achebe? A Nigerian novelist, poet, professor, and critic. where is he from? Igbo town of Ogidi in southeastern Nigeria which university did he last study in? University College (now the University of Ibadan) did he ever join the teaching profession? Yes - he taught in Merchants of Light school, Bard College,  Brown University when was that college founded? 1860
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Bard College [SEP] Late twentieth and early twenty-first century
The experiences of Donald Fagen and Walter Becker while at Bard caused them to write the 1973 song "My Old School" for their rock group, Steely Dan. Fagen wrote another Steely Dan song, "Rikki Don't Lose That Number", about novelist, artist and former Bard faculty spouse Rikki Ducornet. In 2020, Bard College, along with Central European University, became the founding members of the Open Society University Network, a collaborative global education initiative endowed with $1 billion USD. As part of this new initiative, the college received a $100 million USD gift from the Open Society Foundations which ranks among the largest financial contributions to a U.S.