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A Primer on Alternative Investments: Free Lunches, Magic, and the Four Ps.
Yoder, Jay A. – Business Officer, 1998
A discussion of alternative investments for colleges and universities looks at the kinds of investments that comprise this group, rationales for making such investments, the advantages of diversification, risk issues, and ways to reduce risk, including careful selection of managers. Several strategies for getting started in alternative investments…
Descriptors: College Administration, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Investment
Get the Facts on Flexible Endowments.
Dunlop, David R. – Currents, 1998
Flexible endowments are a form of planned giving agreement letting highly motivated donors give endowment-level funding to colleges and universities before they are able to make an outright gift. The donor commits to giving the institution the amount of money an endowment would have generated each year until the endowment principle is fully…
Descriptors: Donors, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds, Fund Raising
Indexed Investment Management: A Viable Alternative to Active Management.
Hammond, Dennis R. – Business Officer, 1992
Active asset management has not been consistent or cost-effective for college and university endowment funds. Indexing offers higher returns than median active management, provides more investment stability, is available to small institutional endowments across a broad spectrum of investment asset classes, and at lower cost than active management.…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, College Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Endowment Funds
Growing the Endowment in a High-Risk Environment.
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Tharp, Charles – Planning for Higher Education, 1997
To increase the value of its endowment, a college or university must manage three separate but interdependent factors: endowment spending rate; investment policy; and fund-raising. Using lessons learned by other institutions, Oberlin College (Ohio) developed strategies for spending and investment that balance the institution's need for income, the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Case Studies, College Administration, College Planning
Avoiding the Hot Seat with Endowed Chairs.
Netherton, Robin – Currents, 1995
An endowed chair that is not carefully conceived and fully funded can create problems for institutions of higher education. A well-thought-out policy should guide staff, faculty, and donors concerning level of positions available, minimum donations for each, and titles. Minimum funding figures should be based on predicted endowment income.…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Administration, Donors, Endowment Funds
Investing Planned Gifts: Proper Management Yields Big Dividends.
Yoder, Jay A. – Business Officer, 1996
Discussion of investment of planned gifts to colleges and universities identifies three common administrative problems (inappropriate investment strategies, tracking of performance, no performance comparisons), three factors focusing greater attention on planned gifts (fiduciary responsibilities, rapid growth in planned giving, donor…
Descriptors: College Administration, Consultants, Donors, Economic Change
NISE Network: Overview of the NISE Network Evaluation
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St. John, Mark; Helms, Jenifer V.; Castori, Pam; Hirabayashi, Judy; Lopez, Laurie; Phillips, Michelle – Inverness Research, 2009
The documents enclosed in this report provide a comprehensive and systematic review of the progress made in developing a network organization capable of supporting nanoscience education for the public on a national scale. There is a logic to the studies that were done and to the reports that are included in this notebook. The following are the…
Descriptors: Workshops, Leadership, Administrators, Scientists