Harvard Endowment Losses

How Much Has Harvard Really Lost?

Edward Jay Epstein | Posted 01.21.2009 | Business


Edward Jay Epstein

Harvard University's admission that it lost $8 billion from its $36 billion endowment fund, as staggering as it sounds, may grossly underestimate the true magnitude of the losses.

Higher Education Will Struggle Through the Recession

Brian Farkas | Posted 01.18.2009 | Politics


Brian Farkas

Writing separate but nearly identical letters to their respective communities, countless college presidents across the county have recently admitted: "We're out of money."

Harvard's Endowment Loses $8 Billion

AP | Posted 01.03.2009 | Business


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard officials say the university's largest-in-the-nation endowment lost about 22 percent of its value, or $8 billion, in ...