http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 30 May 2012 18:42:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/comment-page-1/#comment-167378 ChrisWWW Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:25:29 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/#comment-167378 I understand the theory, but it seems to me that institutions like Harvard and Yale don't need nearly as much money as they have in their endowments, even with the 25% hit they've taken this year. I understand the theory, but it seems to me that institutions like Harvard and Yale don't need nearly as much money as they have in their endowments, even with the 25% hit they've taken this year.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/comment-page-1/#comment-167376 elrod Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:07:26 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/#comment-167376 Chris,<br>The reason you don't use the endowment is that it makes the inevitable upturn less productive. Universities - especially wealthy ones - rely on endowment GROWTH to fund a huge chunk of operations. Chris,
The reason you don't use the endowment is that it makes the inevitable upturn less productive. Universities – especially wealthy ones – rely on endowment GROWTH to fund a huge chunk of operations.

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/comment-page-1/#comment-167372 ChrisWWW Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:37:50 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/25066/yale%e2%80%99s-endowment-down-an-estimated-25/#comment-167372 Maybe they should start using some of the endowment instead of cutting back on salaries. That money isn't doing anything but disappearing anyways. Maybe they should start using some of the endowment instead of cutting back on salaries. That money isn't doing anything but disappearing anyways.

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