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ERIC Number: EJ575739
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
College Endowments Earned 18.2% Return in Fiscal 1998.
Lively, Kit
Chronicle of Higher Education, v45 n14 pA33-A34 Nov 27 1998
The upwardly mobile economy has propelled earnings on college endowments into double digits for the sixth consecutive year, with average returns on investments of 18.2%. The range was 5.6 to 38%, with the highest performer having 85.1% of investments in stocks and 13.6% in domestic bonds. On average, large endowments performed better than small ones. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Administration, Economic Climate, Endowment Funds, Higher Education, Investment, National Surveys, Trend Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Return on Investment