Market declines shrink North American university endowments

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Harvard to divest from fossil fuels after decade of protests

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By Paul Basken

10 September

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US endowments soar on stock gains

Annual survey of 720 campuses pegs average stockpile at $1.1 billion, up 35 per cent in year, with student aid benefiting

By Paul Basken

18 February

Tree filled with money with other trees cut down.

US colleges’ billion-dollar question: is philanthropy worth the cost?

With wealth and donations becoming concentrated in ever fewer, ever more influential hands, and with some institutions languishing while the elite flourish, Paul Basken asks whether it is time for American colleges and universities to start biting the hand that feeds

By Paul Basken

29 April

Market declines shrink North American university endowments

Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front

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Texas may overtake Harvard endowment – at big cost

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Market declines shrink North American university endowments

Eight per cent hit overall but smallest portfolios worst affected, while Harvard and Texas remain out in front

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Related articles

Texas may overtake Harvard endowment – at big cost

Harvard to divest from fossil fuels after decade of protests

US endowments soar on stock gains

US colleges’ billion-dollar question: is philanthropy worth the cost?

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Harvard University

University of Texas at Austin

Yale University

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