There is a sordid history behind the endowments of many schools across the country. We reconstructed approximately 10.7 million acres taken from nearly 250 tribes, bands and communities through over 160 violence-backed land cessions, a legal term...
Read moreEndowments Return 5.3% in 2019
The National Association of College and University Business Officers published their data a couple of weeks ago. Data gathered from 774 U.S. colleges, universities, and affiliated foundations for the 2019 NACUBO-TIAA Study of Endowments® (NTSE)...
Read moreHigher Ed Endowment Performance 2019
There is an endowment returns tracker online where you can compare the latest investment performance from various schools. U.S. Endowment Returns Tracker, Pensions&Investments Read more of the latest endowment updates here. Bates Endowment...
Read moreResearch on University Board Members and Endowments
If you’re a fund manager in private equity or venture capital, your alma mater might call on you to serve on their investment committee. Our findings on networks also highlight complexities of investing in some types of assets. We find that...
Read moreEndowments Finally Investing in Crypto
More than a year ago Ted Seides shared why endowments should venture into crypto. Yet new ideas inevitably enter the mainstream. Diversification into global equities, absolute-return strategies, and private equity were all once off limits to...
Read moreBuying Your Way into College
Warren Buffett once said that it takes 20 years to build a reputation and only 5 minutes to ruin it. But what most people don’t realize is that you can spend a lot of time and effort to enhance your brand and still have it tarnished by...
Read moreRecruiting Endowment Leaders
“Since 2011, Barrett’s boutique has found new leaders for the endowments of Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, and Emory, among many other major universities. Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan picked DBP [David Barrett Partners] to find their...
Read moreCollege Giving in 2018 Up 7.2%
“The S&P 500 Index’s 14 percent return in the period may have helped encourage giving from a variety of donors. Three colleges brought in more than $1 billion each. Seven got single gifts of $100 million or more, the highest number of...
Read moreHigher Ed Hustle
“Another source of strength was that this disparate collection of largely undistinguished colleges and universities had succeeded in surviving a Darwinian process of natural selection in a fiercely competitive environment. As market-based...
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