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Blood Money: Will WVU Honor Coal Miner Heroes and Students or Violating Dirty Coal Barons?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.18.2009 | Green

Read More: Robert Murray, University, Dirty Coal, College Endowment, Crandall Canyon Mine Disaster, Don Blankenship, Big Coal, Msha, Mountaintop Removal, Green News
Jeff Biggers

This might be the shameless story of the week: Either that, or West Virginia University president James P. Clements has a lot of explaining to do.

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Tuft's Need Blind Admissions Falls Victim To Economy

Tufts Daily | Gillian Javetski | Posted 05.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Economy College, College Economy, Need Blind Admissions, College Endowment, Tufts University, Business News

The Office of Undergraduate Admissions reported a 4 percent drop in applications this year but accepted 26 percent of applicants to the Class of 2013 ...

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Shut Out: How the Cost of Higher Education Is Dividing Our Country

Andy Kroll | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business

Read More: College Loans and Debt, College Endowment, University of Michigan, Financial Aid, College Endowments, Michigan, Student Loans, Business News
Andy Kroll

Welcome to the other crisis spreading quietly across the country: the crisis of college affordability.

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Full Paying College Students Favored By Struggling Colleges

New York Times | KATE ZERNIKE | Posted 04.30.2009 | Business

Read More: College Students, College Admissions, College Endowment, Economic Recession, College, Economy, College Tuition, College Endowments, Recession, Business News

In the bid for a fat envelope this year, it may help, more than usual, to have a fat wallet. Facing fallen endowments and needier students, many co...

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What You Don't Know About Your College Education

Gina Nahai | Posted 02.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Colleges, Tuition, Higher Education, Economy, Cost of Higher Education, Universities, Education, College Endowment, Living News
Gina Nahai

Many colleges and universities have devoted their energies to enlarging the size of their endowments at the expense of the education and wellbeing of their students.

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It Gets Worse

Gina Nahai | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: U.S. Economy, Higher Education, Students, Economy, Education, College Endowment, College, Economic Crisis, Business News
Gina Nahai

It's a moral outrage that colleges and universities around the United States have devoted their energies to enlarging their endowments at the expense of the education and well being of their students.

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How Will Colleges Survive? Schools Suffering In Crisis As Endowments Wither

Huffington Post | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Harvard Endowment, College Giving, Education, College Endowment, College, Economy, Business News, Financial Crisis, Paying for College, Harvard, Higher Education, Personal Finance, Recession, Business News

Harvard recently reported that the value of its endowment dropped $8 billion between the end of June and October of this year. At the same time, a rec...

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Schools Suffering In Crisis As Endowments, Donations Wither

BloggingStocks | Posted Dec 3rd 2008 12:00PM by Peter CohanFiled Under: Bad News, Economic Data, Politics, Recession, Financial Crisis | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business

Read More: College Giving, Harvard, Education, College Endowment, Harvard Endowment, College, Economy, Financial Crisis, Recession, Business News

Harvard reports that the value of its endowment has declined $8 billion between the end of June 2008 through October 2008. That would make Harvard's e...

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