Monday, March 02, 2009

Nerd News: Academic Endowments -- the Curse of Hoarded Treasure?

Business Week has a new piece about endowments.

Remember, though, how many schools' endowments have been hit hard by the economic crunch. Big-name schools like Princeton, Yale, and Harvard have seen their endowments' value drop precipitously.

Note too that on and off campus, there's plenty of self-righteous speechifying for and against endowments. Still, there's room for debate about whether endowment-addiction is such a great idea.

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