Past Coverage

• Betting the Endowment on Risky Investments - January 18, 2002
• How Endowments of 247 Major Nonprofit Organizations Performed - June 2, 2006
• The Lure of Alternative Investments - August 5, 2005
• Market Collapse Weighs Heavily on Endowments - January 27, 2009
• Step by Step, a University Gets Bold With Its Investments - June 15, 2001

Featured Commentary

• The Berkeley Protest: Fresh Anger in the Footsteps

  The Berkeley students who protested the big tuition increase at the University of California impressed Murray Sperber, who was in their shoes 45 years ago.

• Teaching Matters: Creating Lives in the Classroom

  Online avatars bring German history to life for students at Stanford. Edith Sheffer explains.

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  A Fine Legal Mess: When Student Groups Collide With Anti-Bias Policy

  Can a college compel a student group to abide by antidiscrimination rules that violate its religious views? The U.S. Supreme Court isn't saying, writes Robert M. O'Neil.

Campus Viewpoint

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In the words of the founding president of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, "Education is like a lantern which lights your way in a dark alley”. Sheikh Zayed (may his soul rest in peace) led the nation during an era that saw the UAE...