Profiles Loy Gotham, an investment executive at PaineWebber, and how she manages stock portfolios for her clients. Distinctions are made between bonds, dividends, mutual funds, profits, and shares. Provides worksheet for tracking a stock. Describes how business was conducted in the past and how basic principles of supply and demand still apply.…

Describes how, modeling their efforts on the anti-apartheid movement, students and faculty across the country are petitioning their administrations to divest from companies with Israeli business ties. (EV)

Late-career workers (ages 50-65) were more likely to participate in credentialing programs, targeted job-related courses, and on-the-job computer training than younger adults and received similar employer support. However, participation might be a consequence of support received. Human capital investment thus is more complex than conventional…

Higher education's largest pension companies and others involved in the faculty retirement fund market can expect to face questioning about their investment policies and long-term performance. The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA-CREF) have been sharply criticized for their investment strategies…

For mature industrialized nations to meet the challenge of shifting to a high value added technology base, excellence in three areas is needed: (1) education, (2) labor market performance, and (3) social insurance. A Swedish proposal that would allow individuals to take responsibility for their own future is the individual educational investment…

A sustained political commitment to investment in long-term youth development must consider the environmental (family and community) context of youth today. Home economists can serve as catalysts to financial investment and profamily policies that ensure adequate income, health care, and education for all. (SK)

Evaluation of the British Graduate Enterprise Programme, which assisted first-time owners with business startup, found that fewer new businesses would be started without training, training costs were matched or bettered by profits by the third year of business, and training funds spent by government attracted twice as much in bank or private…

A well-run college or university will seek to accumulate and maintain an appropriate cash reserve or liquidity position. A rigorous analytic process for estimating the size and cost of a liquidity position, based on judgments about the institution's operating risks and opportunities, is outlined. (MSE)

College and universities that invested in the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy, now bankrupt, now find they were taken in by the organization's investment claims. Suits are being filed on behalf of investors and by the Securities and Exchange Commission, claiming fraud. Even institutions not investing in the charity may learn from the…

College and university employees are exposed to considerable risk in the management of their retirement funds, but there are also extraordinary opportunities for careful investors. Colleges should help employees gain knowledge of investing and ensure that a broad range of adequate investment options are available. (MSE)

Discussion of the global flow of information focuses on the ownership of U.S. information companies by foreign interests. Reasons for this trend are examined, including lack of a national information policy, the debate over free information, short-term profits versus long-term growth, federal legislation, investment opportunities, and the demand…

For colleges and universities, development of underused assets can be compatible with or supportive of the institution's purpose and also be financially rewarding. Providing alumni retirement housing can enhance institutional ties with alumni, in turn boosting recruitment and fund raising. Successful development requires a unique blend of…

Compared to the United States, German employers make more systematic, long-term investments in worker training, especially through the cooperation of industry associations that pool training costs and benefits. Encouraging U.S. firms to participate in shared training requires sustained government support. (SK)

Undergraduates (n=280) assesses a job description for an administrative assistant position that gave initial and future salary and other information. The differential investment hypothesis that women would be more willing to enter a female-typed occupation with high initial and low future salary was not strongly supported as an explanation for…

This table presents the market value of 395 college and university endowments on both June 30, 1990, and June 30, 1991. Institutions are ranked by their 1991 values. Institutions with the highest endowments are Harvard University, the University of Texas system, Princeton University, Yale University, and Stanford University. (DB)