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2. I'm hoping someone can explain why a university needs a $5+ billion 'endowment fund'... eom

Thu Aug 9, 2012, 12:13 PM

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Cornell, MIT Scale Back Aid Even as Endowments Rise [View all] Purveyor Aug 2012 OP

$60,000 x 4 = $240,000 for a degree. madaboutharry Aug 2012 #1

So they can continue paying 23million to football head coaches uponit7771 Aug 2012 #4

Cornell and the other Ivies do not even offer athletic scholarships KamaAina Aug 2012 #7

perhaps even more puzzling for a STATE University hfojvt Aug 2012 #8

so Cornell is Ivy League hfojvt Aug 2012 #5

I used the Stanford calculator exboyfil Aug 2012 #6

it might be hfojvt Aug 2012 #9

The alumni contacts exboyfil Aug 2012 #10