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Fuchsberg, Gilbert – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
The stock-market crash of 1987 and its effect on college endowment funds are discussed. An informal survey found the market value of nine college endowments had slipped over the past year. The experiences of several colleges and universities are described. (MLW)
Descriptors: Colleges, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDavis, William L.; McDonald, Brook S. – Legacy, 1997
The main goal of land trusts is land preservation by purchase or other means. Land trusts generally lack the personnel, funds, and expertise to take advantage of the land's potential for education, interpretation, and research. A nature center can provide the expertise to put the property to good use. Discusses trusts, nature centers, and their…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Financial Support
Vance, N. Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1986
Michigan's legislature has approved the only statewide plan to allow parents to prepay their child's tuition to any of the state colleges, state universities, or community colleges. Prepayment may begin any time from the child's birth until his or her 18th birthday, and the money will be invested in a trust. (MSE)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Higher Education, Money Management, Public Colleges
Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Indiana University is offering parents the opportunity to purchase credit hours at 1988 rates and use them for their children's college education after 1990. The university will place money from certificate sales in a trust managed by an independent financial adviser, who will invest the funds. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Credits, Educational Finance, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1987
The executive summary of of TIAA-CREF's Special Trustee Joint Committee's report "TIAA-CREF: The Future Agenda," cites new accumulation funds and pay-out vehicles; transferability of annuity accumulations; reporting, services, and planning for policy holders and institutions; and governance and implementation. (MLW)
Descriptors: Estate Planning, Futures (of Society), Governance, Higher Education
Jaschik, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1988
Governor Blanchard of Michigan announced that the IRS planned to allow parents to participate in the state's prepaid-tuition program without paying additional federal income tax. A broader ruling will take additional time to formulate. The federal government is considering a national plan to allow tax breaks for college savings. (MLW)
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal State Relationship, Higher Education, Interest (Finance)
PDF pending restorationWelber, Joel S. – Michigan Bar Journal, 1984
Existing patterns of deinstitutionalization and group home placements funded through Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and private supplemental trusts can provide the means for independent living for developmentally disabled adults. Yet, because of the propensity of probate courts to refrain from alteration of written documents evidencing the…
Descriptors: Adults, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), Developmental Disabilities, Estate Planning
