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ERIC Number: EJ570451
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0009-5982
Colleges Tap Investment Expertise of Well-Placed Alumni on Wall Street.
Strosnider, Kim
Chronicle of Higher Education, v44 n49 pA31-A32 Aug 14 1998
As a rising stock market inflates college endowments, the institutions are calling on alumni and other friends for investment expertise and to act as trustees. Skills required to manage an endowment differ from those called for in other investments, and colleges must choose advisors carefully and consider potential conflicts of interest. (MSE)
Descriptors: Alumni, College Administration, Conflict of Interest, Endowment Funds, Governance, Higher Education, Investment, Money Management, Trustees
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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