March 11, 2009
Wesleyan University-- notable for its beautiful campus, inspiring teaching staff, and carefully-cultivated crop of the generation's next leaders-- is about to be known mainly for having a sexy sex magazine filled with nude students and tips on buying condoms, among other "controversies.&quo...
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Brian Fairbanks
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March 04, 2009
As I read Bernard Condon and Nathan Vardi’s fascinating recent article in Forbes, it would seem that Harvard and Lehman had rather similar investment philosophies - and ended up with similar results. Harvard, in its search for ever higher returns and a conviction that the good times would roll for...
Changing Higher Education
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lloydarmstrong
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February 01, 2009
Representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) has got a point and I certainly appreciate her passion for helping American families rather than the financial companies that have dragged this country into the gutter. I would like to see members of Nevada’s House delegation demonstration this kind of ange...
Reno and Its Discontents
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Myrna the Minx
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January 27, 2009
The Inquirer reports on Penn’s incredible shrinking endowment. Let’s do the quote of an article quoting another article! During the 2008 fiscal year, of the 20 universities with the largest endowments, “the largest percentage decrease was at the University of Pennsylvania, which lo...
Philadelphia Will Do
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dmac
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The Inquirer reports on Penn’s incredible shrinking endowment. Let’s do the quote of an article quoting another article! During the 2008 fiscal year, of the 20 universities with the largest endowments, “the largest percentage decrease was at the University of Pennsylvania, which lo...
Philadelphia Will Do
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dmac
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December 21, 2008
"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/ Of sprites and goblins."...
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Michael Dirda
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"A sad tale's best for winter. I have one/Of sprites and goblins."...
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Michael Dirda
at 12:00 AM
December 03, 2008
Filed under: Bad news, Economic data, Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis Harvard reports that the value of its endowment has declined $8 billion between the end of June 2008 through October 2008. That would make Harvard's endowment worth 22% less than at the end of June, or $26.9 billion -- but i...
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Peter Cohan
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December 01, 2008
The ongoing and very widespread economic problems are having a major impact on higher education, as I noted in a previous post. Two recent articles in the New York Times provide some interesting examples of the problems. The first, Tough Times Strain Colleges Rich and Poor, outlines some of the ...
Changing Higher Education
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lloydarmstrong
at 2:32 PM
November 02, 2008
A few items this morning. First up is a book review in Barron's of Peter Schiff's latest book called The Little Book of Bull Moves in Bear Markets. According to Barron's the book has plenty financial fire and brimstone and some very specific investment advice on Canada, Norway and Australia--turns o...
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Roger Nusbaum
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