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ERIC Number: EJ615106
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
The Rich Get Richer.
Lively, Kit; Street, Scott
Chronicle of Higher Education, v47 n7 pA49-50,52 Oct 13 2000
Reports on the spectacular returns on investments (especially in venture capital) reported by American universities with high endowments in 1999. Lists endowment performance by the nation's wealthiest 25 universities noting such returns as almost 60 percent by Duke University (North Carolina) and the University of Notre Dame (Indiana). Considers whether institutions should be spending more of their endowments. (DB)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Endowment Funds, Financial Policy, Higher Education, Investment, Trend Analysis, Universities
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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