Tag: endowments
US colleges and universities have billions stashed away in endowments −...
Todd L. Ely, University of Colorado Denver
With the Trump administration seeking to cut federal funding for colleges and...
Latter-day Saints lawsuits raise questions over Mormon tithing – can churches...
Samuel Brunson, Loyola University Chicago
Three men have filed a lawsuit against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...
Harvard’s decision to ditch fossil fuel investments reflects changing financial realities...
Susan Gary, University of Oregon
Harvard University will keep phasing out all investments tied to oil, gas and coal,...
Mormons and money: An unorthodox and messy history of church finances
John Turner, George Mason University
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has allegedly amassed US$100 billion in purportedly charitable assets since 1997 without...
This $75 million gift might make higher ed question its obsession...
Peter E. Knox, Case Western Reserve University
During his unsuccessful campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, Marco Rubio made the dubious (and grammatically unsound) assertion...
GOP plan to tax college endowments like Yale’s and Harvard’s would...
Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University
Tucked away in the recently announced GOP tax bill is a small item you may have missed: a...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
