Past Coverage

• A Bull Market Gave Colleges 18% Return on Endowments in 1998Performance of College and University Endowments - February 19, 1999
• Total Return on College Endowments - August 24, 2009
• Performance of College Endowments - February 6, 2009
• Endowments Post First Gain in 3 Years, but Some Still Lag - January 23, 2004
• The Rich Got Richer in 2000, Study of Endowments Shows - April 13, 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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The University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805 on what would become the heart of the campus, the Horseshoe. The 11 buildings that now make up the Horseshoe frame a...