ASU spent $500K to host Clinton conference – but other universities got it for free
Several campuses hosted Clinton Global Initiative University for free. So why did ASU shell out a half-million dollars?
Arizona State University paid $500,000 to host a Clinton educational conference that other universities have hosted for free, The College Fix has learned.
The Clinton Global Initiative University has been held annually since 2008, and The College Fix reached out to each campus that hosted the conference to determine how much the Clintons charged for each event.
Turns out the price tags varied, considerably.
Arizona State, which hosted the event in 2014, paid $500,000 for the three-day conference, with campus leaders calling it a “marketing expense” and suggesting the Clinton symposium brought prestige to the university. But the decision was decried by many as a wrong move for a public university that’s hiked tuition and faced budget cuts.