Past Coverage

• Betting the Endowment on Risky Investments - January 18, 2002
• College Endowments See Opportunity in Bonds Backed by Subprime Mortgages - June 22, 2007
• Senate Committee Examines Endowments - June 8, 2007
• The Lure of Alternative Investments - August 5, 2005
• Hedge-Fund Losses Prove Costly to Brown U. and U. of Iowa - October 16, 1998

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.

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