The university is selling multiple stakes in private-equity funds as the industry struggles and Trump targets Ivy-League Institutions.
Category: Endowments
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Trump Takes on Apple — and Harvard, BlackRock and the E.U.
The president escalated battles with prominent American companies and institutions, as well as a key trading partner. The damage could be extensive.
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Has the Long Friendship of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Reached Its Final Act?
Growing tensions between the two billionaires, over issues both substantive and stylistic, have roiled the world of philanthropy.
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National Academy Asks Court to Strip Sackler Name From Endowment
Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller.
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Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen?
Some Vanderbilt students will have $100,000 in total expenses for the 2024-25 school year. The school doesn’t really want to talk about it.
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How Many Easters Remain for This Century-Old Boys’ Choir School?
St. Thomas Church in New York is considering closing its renowned boarding school for choristers, one of only a few in the world, because of financial woes.
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Met Opera Taps Its Endowment Again to Weather Downturn
The company has withdrawn nearly $40 million in additional funds from its endowment to cover expenses, but sees signs it may be emerging from its post-pandemic woes.
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Warning of ‘Grave’ Errors, Powerful Donors Push Universities on Hamas
Wall Street financiers are pressing elite schools to condemn criticism of Israel. Amid pressure, the University of Pennsylvania on Sunday issued a statement referring to Hamas’s attack as terrorism.
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How Fairfield University Ended Up With Few Low-Income Students
The New York Times – Business:Fairfield has the lowest percentage of Pell Grant recipients of any college in the United States. But was it a choice?