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Idea to send:	Topic Fully Fund the Endowed Chairs Content Endowments are essential to attract top teachers and researchers to our state institutions, and they ensure that educational does not diminish during hard economic times. The state government should fully match any private donation for the creation of endowed professorships at our universities. While the legislature has agreed to this in principle, many endowed positions are in limbo due to a lack matching funds. When private businesses and wealthy individuals step up to the plate and invest in Oklahoma’s future, our government should be eager to join them. A matching system offers great “bang for the buck” by encouraging private industry to invest in our public education system. If companies know that their donation will be doubled, then they are much more likely contribute.