Describes how, after a spectacular performance last year, higher education's largest endowments will do well just to break even this year. (EV)

Discusses how most colleges lost money on their endowments again during the past fiscal year (an average of 6 percent), prompting business officers to rethink investment strategies. Includes a table listing over 650 colleges' endowment earnings. (EV)

Reports on changes at the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association - College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF), the dominant force in the higher education pension market, to counter declining investment by younger professors. Changes include addition of retail mutual funds and making some products available to the general public. Critics…

Describes growth in the endowments of colleges and universities in 2000, with the gap between the wealthiest institutions and the rest of higher education becoming wider. Includes a table on the size and growth for the past year of 569 college and university endowments. (EV)

Analyzes 1999 endowment performance of 503 colleges and universities and finds that 34 universities now have endowments that top $1 billion; however, despite the strong market, average returns were the lowest of the past five years. Also identifies institutions with highest and lowest returns; graphs show distribution of assets, trends in returns,…

Describes how, when the Enron Corporation collapsed, Harvard made money while the University of California lost $145 million. (EV)

Describes how many college money managers are entrusting billions of dollars in endowment wealth to hedge funds, which have a reputation for winning big, and sometimes losing big, too. (EV)

Describes how the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, traditionally conservative in its investments, is taking a riskier approach in the hope of increasing returns; moves include consideration of a private financial services spinoff. (EV)

Describes how, for the first time since 1984, the value of college endowments dropped last year. Includes data charts and a listing of endowment fund amounts and the annual change for over 600 universities. (EV)