Endowments

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) has followed the lead of Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) in pushing colleges and universities to make greater use of their endowments - echoing a proposal of the New America Foundation. Needless to say, associations representing wealthy colleges have not reacted favorably. Several…

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Wealthy College Endowments Keep Increasing

The endowments of the nation's wealthiest universities continue to soar. Stanford University reported this week that its endowment grew by 23 percent to a staggering $17.2 billion in the 2007 fiscal…

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Skirmishing Over Sallie Mae Deal Intensifies

Fighting intensified last week over the proposed buyout of the student loan giant Sallie Mae. A group of investors that had agreed to buy the company are now saying…

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The Senate Finance Committee appears to be moving forward with a proposal that would require wealthy colleges and universities to spend a minimum percentage of their endowments each year - a move which we at Higher Ed Watch strongly support. Private foundations, like the Bill & Melinda…

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9.5% Program Cost Taxpayers $3.5 Billion Since 2001

From 2001 to 2006 the Department of Education paid out $3.5 billion under a subsidy program designed to guarantee nonprofit student loan providers a 9.5 percent rate of return, the

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Last week, we discussed the paucity of low-income students at the country's wealthiest colleges and universities. We offered a proposal that would require the richest private colleges to devote a portion of their yearly endowment income to help increase the socioeconomic diversity of their students. Some might argue that there aren't enough qualified underprivileged students…

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In June, we floated a proposal that would require the wealthiest colleges and universities to spend a minimum amount of their endowments to help increase enrollment of low-income students. After taking a closer look at just how inadequately the most affluent private…

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The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee are considering an intriguing proposal that is certain to infuriate higher-education leaders but could be beneficial for low-income students: requiring some colleges and universities to spend a minimum percentage of their endowments each year.

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Quietly amid the hue and cry over the latest student loan corruption scandal, the Senate Finance Committee is scrutinizing a much more esoteric topic in higher education finance: college investments in hedge funds.

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Colleges Offering a Wider Variety of Early Admissions Options

Most colleges are not following the lead of Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia in ending binding early admissions. According to a Wall Street Journal article,…

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