A report issued by Open The Books, a nonprofit watchdog group, revealed that Ivy League schools have benefited from taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and federal payments from 2010 to 2015, to the tune of $41.59…
Topic: endowments
Ivy League Colleges have Big Endowments, about $2 Million Per Student
From the Wall Street Journal: As of 2014, the eight Ivy League schools had 58,982 undergraduate students and total endowment funds on hand of about $117 billion, according to a study from OpenTheBooks. That works…
Fossil Fuel Divestment Would Cost Universities 2%-12% of Endowments
From the College Fix: Colleges that divest from fossil fuels would lose about two percent to 12 percent of their endowment value over a 20-year period — and that does not even include potential losses…
Congressman Propose Colleges use 25% of Endowment Funds to Aid Students
It sounds like a good idea, considering that students can barely afford college now: U.S. Representative Tom Reed says he’s open to modifying a controversial proposal to channel spending from large college and university endowments…
Sweet Briar College Struggling to Meet Enrollment Goals and Stay Afloat
The college was going to close, but then it isn’t. Yet, the college did not reach their enrollment goals and could close in the long-term, in addition to their newly-installed president announcing he will retire…
Academics Resist Nationalization… Of Their Endowments
Normally, professors and college administrators see no end to their ever-expanding list of things that are “too important to be left to the free market.” Apparently, even they have their limits. When two professors from…
Trick or Treat: Schools Hoard Endowment Money
Most colleges and universities are quick to push for expanded student aid from taxpayers but forget that age-old maxim: charity begins at home. “Last year, Yale paid about $480 million to private equity fund managers…
Colleges Pressured to Divest from Fossil Fuels
But, if American colleges and universities do divest from fossil fuels, then how can they increase their endowment funds? Fossil fuels are quite profitable, but then again, it could hasten the demise of liberal, leftist…
Taxpayers Hurt by Tax-Exempt Endowments
As the Chronicle of Higher Education reported: “Most of the benefits, they say, result because endowments are exempt from capital-gains taxes. Mr. Klor de Alva, president of the Nexus center, and Mr. Schneider, a vice…
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America’s ongoing and seemingly-constant crises have left Americans scrambling to find a sense of normalcy and safety. Just in time, to cut through the chaotic bombardment of conflicting messages and opinions while providing a voice…
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