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Education
College isn’t just expensive for students, it’s also expensive for colleges—and the squeeze is worsening for private schools
By Jason MaJuly 7, 2024
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Lifestyle
A Florida HBCU was promised an extraordinary $237 million contribution from a hemp producer—but nobody can find the hemp, and the money might never come
By The Associated Press and James PollardJune 14, 2024
A Columbia University student walks through a nearly empty campus after police cleared out a Gaza protest encampment on May 06, 2024.
Politics
Civil disobedience and calls for financial divestments ‘have an important place in democracy’—but many schools also have donors to worry about
By Sunny NagpaulJune 1, 2024
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
Finance
Exclusive: Sam Altman quietly got $75M from the University of Michigan for a new venture capital fund earlier this year
By Jessica MathewsDecember 19, 2023
The University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments
Newsletters
The University of Michigan’s $17.9B endowment has trimmed down its private fund investments
By Jessica MathewsDecember 18, 2023
Harvard’s massive endowment fund will no longer invest in fossil fuels
Finance
Harvard’s massive endowment fund will no longer invest in fossil fuels
By Kevin Crowley, Stephen Stapczynski and BloombergSeptember 10, 2021
Craigslist Founder Donates $20 Million To Endow Journalism Program
Tech
Craigslist Founder Donates $20 Million To Endow Journalism Program
By Glenn FleishmanJune 11, 2018
Harvard’s Cash Cow Investment Fund Is Laying Off Half Its Staff
Finance
Harvard’s Cash Cow Investment Fund Is Laying Off Half Its Staff
By Roger LowensteinJanuary 25, 2017
Sesame Street Live 30th Anniversary
Tech
Trump’s Team Said to Be Planning to Privatize Public Broadcasting
By Mathew IngramJanuary 19, 2017
LOWELL HOUSE, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS
Finance
Harvard’s Endowment Just Took Its Biggest Hit Since the Financial Crisis
By ReutersSeptember 23, 2016
Harvard Is Making Big Changes to How It Manages Its $37.6 Billion Endowment
Leadership
Harvard Is Making Big Changes to How It Manages Its $37.6 Billion Endowment
By Reuters and Audrey ShiJune 21, 2016
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Tech
What Yale Invested in to Almost Double Its VC Dollars Every Year
By Aaron PressmanApril 8, 2016
Views Of Yale University As Ivy League Pay Soars
Leadership
Connecticut Legislators Size Up Yale Endowment As Shortfall Looms
By Claire GrodenMarch 24, 2016
Should Wealthy Colleges Be Forced to Spend More of Their Money on Financial Aid?
Finance
Should Wealthy Colleges Be Forced to Spend More of Their Money on Financial Aid?
By Kaitlin Mulhere and MoneyJanuary 27, 2016
Profile Of PepsiCo Chairperson and CEO Indira Nooyi,
MPW
Pepsi CEO Is Now Yale Management School’s ‘Most Generous’ Alumni Donor
By Robert HackettJanuary 12, 2016
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Success
Ex-PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi worked from midnight until 5 a.m. as a receptionist to pay for her Yale degree—and she says ‘respect went up’ because of itplaceholder alt text
By Preston ForeJuly 6, 2026
AI
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By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 5, 2026
Asia
China’s birth rate just hit its lowest point since 1949—and Trip.com cofounder James Liang thinks that’s a threat to innovationplaceholder alt text
By Nicholas GordonJuly 7, 2026
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