endowment
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Declining endowment returns, in addition to financial pressures caused by higher endowment taxes and cuts in federal funding, may have contributed to this decision.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
Princeton University’s endowment manager, Princo, reversed its voluntary pledge to divest from publicly traded fossil fuel companies.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
“It is a shortsighted approach to asset management that invites long-term risk—a strategic failure that will ultimately be paid for by future generations of students and the long-term health of the endowment itself.”
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
SpaceX is among the most widely held investments across colleges and universities, endowment executives say, likely making the rocket company’s coming IPO one of the great windfalls for American endowments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
No matter what his or her genetic endowment, no one person’s immune system has enough different HLAs to identify every strain of every virus.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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The Federalist Papers, No. 10 by James Madison
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The Glass Menagerie
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