Even after large stock market losses, if Harvard paid out five percent of its endowment–a requirement for all private foundations except those of colleges and universities–it would increase the school’s budget by $214 million.
They’ve suffered a large financial loss on paper, but so have the rest of us, and lawmakers shouldn’t let the economic downturn [...]
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Harvard’s Endowment Falls to $29 Billion
Money-Sucking College Sports Programs
Per last week’s ongoing discussion of higher education, one thing nobody seems to dispute is the assertion by “Professor X” that classes like his are “a substantial profit center” for most colleges. The math isn’t hard; adjunct professors typically only get paid a few thousand dollars to teach a course that each student pays a [...]
Lowering Student Loan Default Rates: What One Consortium of Historically Black Institutions Did to Succeed 
College and Career-Ready: Using Outcomes Data to Hold High Schools Accountable for Student Success
03/11/10 | Kevin Carey is quoted on the rising costs of education in The Economist.
03/10/10 | Chad Aldeman Aldeman's False Fronts is quoted on Accuracy in Academia.
03/09/10 | Ben Miller is quoted on loan origination on the Firedog Lake blog.
03/07/10 | Kevin Carey calls for a Race to the Top in higher education in a column in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
03/08/10 | Andrew Rotherham's Eduwonk post on RTT finalists is quoted on Class Struggle.
03/07/10 | Andrew Rotherham is quoted on the success of MATCH in The Times-Picayune.
03/06/10 | Eduwonk's reaction to Ohio's status as a RTT finalist is cited in a Wall Street Journal editorial.
03/05/10 | Andrew Rotherham's reaction to New York's status as a Race to the Top finalist is cited on National Journal.