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Endowments Can Become Too Much of a Good Thing

Dozens of academic institutions, even small colleges, have endowments of at least $1-billion, despite losses following the burst of the dot-com bubble. Because colleges and universities see a generous endowment as a top priority, endowments have grown faster than budgets. That prompts two questions: When is an...

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