Columbia is one of the richest universities with a $14.8 billion endowment. Still, using these funds to cover federal funding cuts isn't as simple as smashing a piggy bank. Academic experts and former ...

KU Endowment's offices on West Campus in Lawrence are pictured April 16, 2021. In a better-to-laugh-than-cry sort of way, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod often jokes during his updates ...

Christian Olaniran is a digital producer for CBS Baltimore, where he writes stories on diverse topics including politics, arts and culture. With a passion for storytelling and content creation, he ...

So why can’t Harvard just dip further into its famously steep endowment? As the Trump administration announced a $2.2 billion freeze in grants to the university this week after the school rejected its ...

Duke receives roughly 31% of its overall funding from the federal government. With that funding in precarity due to Trump administration policies, the University has resorted to layoffs, voluntary ...

As of June 30, 2024, the University’s endowment — a collection of invested funds from donors dating back to 1769 — sits at $7.2 billion. Although most of these funds are invested in a portfolio of ...

The size of the endowments at Michigan State University and the University of Michigan were under scrutiny by Michigan politicians. Endowments can't be used for general university operational costs.

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